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Ange and Henry in person

I started following Henry on his facebook page not least because I have always admired him and his poetry and collaborative comic TV work but also because of the delightful support of Henry for his son Johnny’s wonderful paintings (Johnny is autistic and indeed artistic and a wonderful creative force in his own right)

Henry’s Facebook page

One of Johnny’s truly lovely paintings - this one a personal favourite

For The Uninitiated Here’s Who Henry . . . .

Henry started the Manchester Poetry Festival, and similarly in his native Nottingham (Like Robin Hood) he has BAFTAs, he was half of Baby Cow with the legendary comic genius Steve Coogan, he has been known to tour with PULP, is responsible for a Packet of Three, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Moone Boy, Red Dwarf he has written some 18 poetry volumes which can all be found here  Flapjack Press he knows but is not related to Paul Calf, Alan Partridge, Marion & Geoff and Mrs Merton
 

Pale Blue Flower - Henry & Johnny

PALE BLUE FLOWER

Some blooms are seldom seen

The garish can crowd any garden

Sometimes the world overwhelms

And size can easily be mistaken for importance

But there is a subtle beauty

To be sought nearer the soil

The Earth

Is not the largest planet in the solar system

But it is the only one

That supports love

Henry says::

Painting by my son, Johnny Art By Johnny

Henry Normal: Rye Bay

 Speaking of poets . . . . . .I have started following the wondrous Henry Normal on Facebook:

Henry Normal 

Rye Bay

RYE BAY IS SUCH A SHORT NAME

FOR SUCH A LONG BEACH

The skeleton of an abandoned groyne

pierces the sand like dinosaur teeth

or a mermaids graveyard

leading into the shallows

As shingle rises upto an embankment

the blackened wood disappears

Along the coast

the before-and-after-picture is complete

New substantial slats

now slow the inevitable drift

their solid uprights

sturdy and uniform

like sailors on parade

or wooden battlements

they too will be eroded

and outlived

Further out into the wash

another outcrop of corroded pegs

suggests driftwood

or a sunken vessel

I responded by saying “ I said goodbye to my old friend Ray there! Headline reads . . . .: (geddit?)

Fortunately, he laughed . . . . .