Category Archives: Verses

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Harry Nicholson

Free again: To celebrate the turning of the year, my little eBook anthology, ‘Green Linnet’, is free from today until 3rd January. Humorous and sober short stories of the sea and of Yorkshire, interleaved with verse. and on other Amazon … Continue reading →

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Autumnal

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Harry Nicholson

Swans out of the north, pushed by wind, sweep in like caped cavalry; lanced uhlans in flight from a broken field. A litter of sudden grey stones creep across the pasture – another drop of fieldfares late last night. Smoke … Continue reading →

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Urthona Review

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Harry Nicholson

Urthona arts journal has reviewed my ‘Wandering About’, and I’m pleased. Review in the arts journal, Urthona  issue 32 Harry Nicholson is uniquely himself in ‘Wandering  About’. Here is a poet with working-class origins who writes of his native North-East … Continue reading →

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Wandering About

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Harry Nicholson

After gentle prompts from my good lady, this month I published many of my poems from the last twenty years. It was easily done through CreateSpace, and is to be found as paperback and eBook on Amazon, Poems inspired by … Continue reading →

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Vajrasattva

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Harry Nicholson

Vajrasattva (diamond-being) enamel on copper – from a 7thC Indian image. I’ve neglected these pages of late, I’ve been transcribing a late veteran’s war memoir (it’s been accepted into the Imperial War Museum and the Australian Memorial) and editing a … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

The sky is empty Grey wind off the green North Sea The swallows have fled

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Looking for Self

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

This appeared today – on the wind like the first swallow. Looking for Self Buttocks press on the meditation stool. Instruction: check posture. Sensation: slight curvature at base of spine. Automatic straightening for tension release. The body lifts and ease … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 7, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

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Chotah Wallah

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

Today, a brief homage to a lost dog. Our paths crossed 23 years ago during a march across the Himalaya into Zanskar. The day before we reached the highest point, he crept nervously towards our party. He looked a beaten … Continue reading →

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Green Linnet

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

I’ve just placed Green Linnet, as an eBook, with Amazon. It’s a collection of short stories and poems, humorous and sober. I wanted it to be free, but they insist on a minimum price of 77 pennies or 99 cents. … Continue reading →

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