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Poem "Poem for a Ghetto Blaster"

Published by "Iron" February 1985; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Peter Mortimer, Editor of "Iron Press", to Michael Henry regarding publishing two poems 28 January 1984

Poem "Horehound Candy"

Published by "Orbis" Summer - Autumn 1986; Enitharmon Press 1991; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of letter from Peter Forbes, Southern Arts & Thamesdown Community Arts Writer in Residence, to Michael Henry regarding poems "The Stove-In Chest", "Peppercorn Rent", "Horehound Candy" and "Tijuana Brass"

Poem "Tijuana Brass"

Published by "Working Titles" Winter 1989; Enitharmon Press 1991. Highly commended in the Lace Open Poetry Competition 1986

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes papers and judges comments from the Lace Open Poetry Competition and a letter from Peter Forbes to Michael Henry regarding the poems "The Stove-In Chest", "Peppercorn Rent", "Horehound Candy" and "Tijuana Brass" 24 June 1985

Poem "Slipper Chapel"

Published by "The Green Book" Summer 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988; "Cheltenham Poets 3"; "Building Jerusalem: Elegies on Parish Churches" 2016

Final draft

Poem "Sleeping Partner"

Published by Iron Press October 1986; Enitharmon Press 1991

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes two letters from Peter Mortimer, Editor of the Iron Press, to Michael Henry regarding publication of the poem 6 September 1985 and 12 March 1986

Poem "Iceland Poppy"

Published by "Poetry Review" October 1986; Enitharmon Press 1991; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Peter Forbes, Editor of "Poetry Review", to Michael Henry regarding publishing of "Iceland Poppy" 11 July 1986

Poem "Peppercorn Rent"

Published by Enitharmon Press 1988. Winner of the Poetry Own Composition class of the Cheltenham Competitive Festival 1986

Annotated drafts. Includes adjudicator's notes from the Cheltenham Competitive Festival and a letter from Peter Forbes, Southern Arts & Thamesdown Community Arts Writer in Residence, to Michael Henry regarding the poems "The Stove-In Chest", "Peppercorn Rent", "Horehound Candy" and "Tijuana Brass" 24 June 1985

Poem "Shepherd's Warning"

Accepted by "Litmus". Published by "The Tower Poetry Magazine" Summer 1986; Enitharmon Press 1991

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes marking sheet for the Cheltenham Competitive Festival 1986

Poem "Kangaroo Start"

Published by "Litmus" Summer 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Laurie Smith, Editor of Litmus: The Stukeley Press, regarding publication of poems "Stagnant Pond" and "Kangaroo Start"

Poem "Taberdar's Disease"

Published by "Oxford Poetry" Winter 1986 - 1987; Enitharmon Press 1991; "South (Profile)" October 2006

Annotated drafts including final draft

"Lenten Visitor" administration

Two letters from James Sale, The KQBX Press, to Michael Henry regarding the publication of "Lenten Visitor" 30 April 1984 and 2 July 1984

Letter from James Sale, The KQBX Press, to Michael and Tricia Henry regarding reviews of "Lenten Visitor" 11 June 1986

Three letters from Stephen Stuart-Smith to Michael Henry regarding future publication with Enitharmon Press 5 May, 2 June and 23 June 1986

Photocopy of typed review of "Lenten Visitor" by Peter Forbes, Editor of "Poetry Review" c.1986

Photocopy of review of "Lenten Visitor" by John Lancaster. Published in "Iron" February - May 1987

"Poetry Review"

Volume 77 number 4. Includes profile of Michael Henry in the "New British Poets" section alongside his poems "Scorebook", "A Good Story" and "Plaster Saint"

Poem "Joint Honours"

Published by Enitharmon Press 1991; "Outposts" Spring 1994

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Stand Magazine 17 August 1987

Poem "Cream Tea"

Published by "Poetry Review" June 1987; Enitharmon Press 1991

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Peter Forbes, Editor of "Poetry Review", to Michael Henry regarding the poem 26 March 1987

Poem "Scorebook"

Published by "Poetry Review" Winter 1987 - 1988; Enitharmon Press 1991

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Peter Forbes, Editor of "Poetry Review" to Michael Henry regarding publication of poems 5 October 1987

"An Ocean in My Ear" by Michael Henry

Published by Enitharmon Press, Petersfield. Signed. Includes the poems:

Occam's Razor
Kangaroo Start
Blue Vinney
Cloud Cuckoo
Street Name
Paper Dragon
Credit Union
Hush Puppy
Tohu Bohu
Southern Comfort
Dutch Print
Summer School
Bar Sinister
Stagnant Pond
Sheep Market
Short Commons
Peppercorn Rent
Kitty Hawk
Correspondence Wallah
Two Timer
Cloud Nine
Lombardy Poplar
British Bulldog
Second Début
Poem for a Ghetto Blaster
Brown Study
Fin de Siècle
Saint James's Way
University of the Air
Hail
Slipper Chapel
Left Footer
Winter Warmup

Poem "Sheep Market"

Published by "The Countryman" Autumn 1986; Enitharmon Press 1988

Final draft and photocopy of printed poem from "An Ocean in My Ear"

Poem "Bargain Basement"

Published by "Envoi Anthology" Spring 1988; Enitharmon Press 1991. Awarded second prize by the Cheltenham Poetry Society

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes handwritten notes on the poem for the Cheltenham Poetry Society

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 "Aston Down"

Published by "Encounter" April 1990; Enitharmon Press 1991

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes letter from Richard Mayne, Co-editor of "Encounter", to Michael Henry regarding the publication of "Aston Down" and his opinions of other rejected poems 19 August 1988

Poem "Phantom Bride"

Published by "Poetry Nottingham" Summer 1988; Enitharmon Press 2001. Highly commended by the Surrey Poetry Competition 1988; Prizewinner in the Queen[?] Memorial Competition 1988

Annotated drafts including final draft

Poem "Rosh Hashanah"

Published by Enitharmon Press 1991. Commended by Surrey Poetry Centre Competition 1990

Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes Results of the Surrey Poetry Centre Competition

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