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Henry D

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About Me

I am the author of four chapbooks, three of poetry and one very short story. I’ve had hundreds of poems published in the small press, in printed magazines and on the web, mainly in the US but also in places like Belgium, UK, New Zealand, Australia.My latest book is THE POETRY OF MR. BLUE, published by Bottle of Smoke Press. Bill Roberts of Bottle of Smoke Press also published my first two books of poetry, I KNOW WHAT SHE WILL SAY (2003) and WEEKS LIKE THIS (2005). In 2004 Artbureau published BRING DOWN THE SUN, a joint chapbook with Adrian Manning.I also paint and my stuff has been used as covers and illustrations for my own books as well as others.I live in Stockholm, Sweden with my wife and young son and I work with business management for entertainment people, I am a financial guy who works with contracts and royalties and tax declarations. Try to write a poem about that… ..


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New issue up: Turntable & Blue Light

Arielle Guy is the editor/designer of the fine web magazineTurntable & Blue Light - check it out, a new issue is uptoday. I have a page with poetry and paintingshttp://www.turntablebluelight.com/....
Posted by Henry D on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

Poem: Accept your name

Here's a poem from my book Weeks Like This.ACCEPT YOUR NAMEHenry Chesney Baker and Henry Charles Bukowski; if I had known about these guys when I was young perhaps I would have liked my own name bett...
Posted by Henry D on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:54:00 PST

Kamini Press: New book by Glenn W. Cooper

Support the Small Press!__________ Kamini Press is proud to announce the release of SOME NATURAL THINGSpoems by Glenn W. Cooper32 pages of poetry, mini-chapbook format, in wraps.Cover painting by Hen...
Posted by Henry D on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:51:00 PST

Olive tree

I found an old poem about buying an olive tree and how to look after it, I just added the story on my website http://www.henrydenander.com, check the NEWS page.
Posted by Henry D on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST

Black olives on Hydra

    I am somewhat pleased with myself after preparing the six litres of olives that I picked yesterday, spending a couple of hours up on a ladder under the large olive tree. Some invest...
Posted by Henry D on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:48:00 PST

Greek Sunday night storm and rain

I'm on Hydra for two weeks, the sun has been hot and every day breakfast outside, the orange tree is just full of fruit and tomorrow I will start picking the olives, my friend will show me a different...
Posted by Henry D on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:57:00 PST

A poem about clients and tax declarations

It's tax declaration time here in Sweden, everyone's filing their tax returns and I'm busy helping my clients with their tax problems. Here is a thing I wrote some years ago. A call fro...
Posted by Henry D on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:50:00 PST

My new book

The poetry of Mr. Blue is the title of my new chap-book, just out from Bottle of Smoke Press in Delaware, USA.  This short story takes place on the island of Hydra. Read about the poet ...
Posted by Henry D on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:46:00 PST

Charles Bukowski never came to Sweden

I have a new story about some Bukowski related coincidences, I just added it to my web site together with some scans. Read it if you are into Bukowski stuff, or if you like coincidences or just don't ...
Posted by Henry D on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST

A poem about a job I had 35 years ago

    Stockholm Arlanda night shift     All through University I worked at the Stockholm Arlanda airport, cleaning off the outside of airplanes one night a week, working in a cloud...
Posted by Henry D on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:27:00 PST