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Michael Henry Archive

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  • c.1900s - 2016

Draft poetry, correspondence and publications relating to the poet Michael Henry

Henry, Michael

Poem "His Silver Airway"

Published by "The Interpreter's House" Spring 2012; Five Seasons Press 2014

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes biography of Michael Henry's maternal grandfather, Dr W J Bennett-Jones (1872 - 1948), an anaesthetist; an inscribed airway belonging to Dr W J Bennett-Jones made by Alexander & Fowler, Liverpool; note accepting the poem for publication in "The Interpreter's House"

Poem "Silver Sovereign Holder"

Published by Five Seasons Press 2014

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes a sterling silver sovereign holder, Walker & Hall, Chester, 1907

Poem "The Patella Hammer"

Published by "The Guardian" 7 May 2011; "The Hippocrates Anthology" 2011; "British Journal of Psychiatry" October 2012; Five Seasons Press 2014. Accepted by "The Poetry of Medicine". Awarded first prize of £5,000 by The Hippocrates Prize 2011

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of the cheque awarded by The Hippocrates Prize; printed email from Donald Singer regarding the prize; photocopied poem published in "The Guardian"

Includes the patella hammer that inspired the poem, owned by Michael Henry's father

Poem "Dinner at the Adelphi"

Published by "Weyfarers" March 2013; Five Seasons Press 2014

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes "M S D S Annual Dinner" pamphlet 11 December 1935; note from Jeffery Wheatley, Editor of "Weyfarers", regarding publication

Poem "Celestial Surgeon"

Published by Fives Seasons Press

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes piece of notepaper with Michael Henry's father's notes on hip pain

Poem "Ice Floes"

Published by [?] June 1977; "Quarry" December 1978; "Slow Runner" Spring 1981; "Sepia" June 1982; "Start" March - April 1985; The KQBX Press December 1985

Annotated drafts

Poem "Hail"

Published by "Quarry" Winter 1978; "Stride" September 1982; "Poetry Nottingham" Winter 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988. Accepted by "Tears in the Fence" and "Story Chest Anthologies"

Annotated drafts

Poem "Half Orphan"

Published by "Canadian Author and Bookman" March 1979; "The Antigonish Review" Winter 1980; "Stride" Summer 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of the printed poem in "Canadian Author and Bookman"

Poem "Newcastle Brown"

Published by Five Seasons Press 2014. Long listed for The Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2010

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "St. Martin's Summer"

Published by "Monashee" Winter 1979; "Interface" March 1979; "Orbis" Spring 1987; The KQBX Press December 1985

Drafts with annotations including final draft. Also includes letter from James Roebuck, Edmonton Journal, to Michael Henry regarding second prize in the Poetry category of The Journal's 1978 Literary Awards Competition, 16 June 1978

Poem "Fin de Siècle"

Published by "Canadian Author and Bookman" December 1979; Enitharmon Press 1988; "Haiku Quarterley" Winter 199. Accepted by "Bizarre Angel"

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Halfway House"

Published by The Tower Poetry Society Winter 1979; "The Antigonish Review" Winter 1980; "Candelabrum" June 1980; The KQBX Press December 1985; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts

Poem "Cloud Nine"

Published by "Monashee" Summer 1980; "Dowry" March 1982; "Allusions" March 1982; "New Hope International" October 1982; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Cold Sentence"

Published by "Event" January 1980; "Counterpoint" Winter 1980 - 1981; "Stride" March 1983; "Tears in the Fence" Winter 1984 - 1985; The KQBX Press December 1985

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Lenten Visitor"

Published by "Resurgence" November - December 1980; "Tower Magazine" Winter 1980 - 1981; "New Hope International" Winter 1981 - 1982; The KQBX Press December 1988; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts and photocopy of published version from unknown publication

Poem "Cloud Cuckoo"

Published by "Nimbus" Summer 1980; Macmillan Spring 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Hush Puppy"

Published by "Slow Domer" Spring 1981; "Tower Magazine" Summer 1981; "Sydelines" Summer 1983; "Rubleshed" Summer 1987; Enitharmon Press 1988; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Canada Goose"

Published by "Success" Autumn 1981; "Poetry Nottingham" Winter 1984; "Tower Poetry Magazine" Winter 1986; The KQBX Press December 1985

Drafts with annotations including final draft

Poem "Second Début"

Published by "South West Review" November 1981; "Tower Poetry Magazine" Winter 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988. Accepted by "Sydelines"

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of the printed poem in an unknown publication

Poem "Record Rap"

Published by "New Hope International" Winter 1981 - 1982; "The Antigonish Review" Summer 1982; "Poetry Nottingham" Winter 1983; "Doors" May 1984; The KQBX Press December 1985

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Winter Warmup"

Published by "Tower Poetry Magazine" Winter 1981; "Stride" November 1982; Enitharmon Press 1988. Accepted by "Poetry Licence"

Annotated drafts

Poem "Wordsmith"

Published by "TOPS" March 1981; Enitharmon Press 1988. Accepted by "Zeros"

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Summer School"

Published by "T O R S" April 1981 [highly commended]; "New Hope International" October 1982; "Monashee" Winter 1983; Enitharmon Press 1988. Accepted by "Poetic Licence"

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Prairie Envoy"

Published by "Graffiti" September 1982; "Poetry Nottingham" Summer 1985; The KQBX Press 1985; "Tower Poetry Magazine" Summer 1985; Enitharmon Press in "After the Dancing Dogs" 2001; "South" October 2006

Final draft with annotations and photocopy of version published in "After the Dancing Dogs"

Poem "Two Timer"

Published by "Monashee" Winter 1982 - 1983; "Iron" February 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Park Picnic"

Published by "Monashee" Summer 1982; "Slow [?]" Autumn 1983; The KQBX Press December 1985

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Brown Study"

Published by "South West Review" August 1982; "Bogg" Summer 1983; "Giant Steps" Winter 1983; The KQBX Press 1985

Photocopy of final draft with annotations and photocopy of version with annotation published in "An Ocean in My Ear" 1988

Poem "Kitty Hawk"

Published by "Stride" September 1982; "Westwards" Spring 1988; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Brown Study"

Published by "South West Review" August 1982; "Bogg" Summer 1983; "Giant Steps" Winter 1983; "The Poetry Show" Spring 1988; KQBX 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of poem printed in "Lenten Visitor" and note from South West Arts to Michael Henry 5 May 1982

Poem "Prairie Envoy"

Published by "Graffiti" September 1982; "Poetry Nottingham" Summer 1985; "Tower Poetry" Summer 1985; "South (Profile)" October 2006; Enitharmon Press 2008

Annotated drafts including revised version

Poem "Southern Comfort"

Accepted by "Origins". Published by "Krax" Spring 1996; "First Time" Autumn 1984; Enitharmon Press 1988; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Peter Mortimer, Editor of Iron Press, to Michael Henry regarding the poems "Watering Hole", "Curtain Lecture", "Porterhouse Steak" and "Southern Comfort" 17 April 1983

Poem "Green Sickness"

Published by "Bull" Spring 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988. Awarded the Diploma for Excellence at the Scottish Open Poetry Competition 1983

Drafts including annotated final draft

Poem "Dutch Print"

Published by "Slow Domer" Autumn 1983; "The Polluted Pocket" Autumn 1986; "Third Half" February 1988; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Gentleman's Relish"

Published by "Restart Echo" August 1983; "Giant Steps" Winter 1983; KQBX December 1985; Enitharmon Press 2001

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Previous Addressee"

Published by "Weyfarers" August 1983; "Writer's Voice" Winter 1984; Enitharmon Press 2001

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Chriss McCallum, Managing Editor of "The Writer's Voice" to Michael Henry regarding publication of the poem

Poem "Honor System"

Published by "Weyfarers" April 1983; "Giant Steps" Winter 1983; The KQBX Press December 1985

Photocopy of final draft with annotations and photocopy of version published in "Footnote to History" 2001

Poem "Gentleman's Relish"

Published by "Distant Echo" August 1983; "Giant Steps" Winter 1983; The KQBX Press December 1985; Enitharmon Press 2001

Photocopy of final annotated draft and printed version in "Footnote to History" 2001

Poem "Paper Dragon"

Published by "Idoemoe" Summer 1983; "Success" November 1983; "Poems for Hastings" 1986; "Doors" May 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Turf Accountant"

Published by "The Countryman" Summer 1984; "Writer's Own Magazine" Autumn 1984; The KQBX Press 1985

Includes final draft and letter from the Editor of "The Countryman" regarding publication 27 April 1983

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