Tom Harding

May I say that your poetry and sketches compliment each other. A
talented combination.
Thank you

Keith

Hi Tom
thanks for comment on Ted Crow, I re-read recently (evidently) and found it more personally Hughes at the second pass. I hope all going well at the Northampton Review, I thought the first issue worked very well.
Dom.

Hi Tom, as a new fan, I've shared my discovery on my blog. https://francesmacaulayforde.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/tom-harding/

thanks for commenting on 'devil on my right shoulder' Tom - glad that you liked it
Ian

HI Tom Thanks for kind comment on Art Pepper.

Thanks Tom for getting what I was inarticulately trying to convey in my poem :)

Thanks Tom for reading and your comments :) Much appreciated!

Yes, Kitchen was excellent, but your sample piece I enjoyed also - I love the momentum and flow, an enviable asset. The subject is a well trodden road, but with a real insight free of bias. I am reminded of Christie Brown.

Cheers Tom- things are just so- :o)

Thanks Tom, for reading and responding to my poetry. Your interaction is most welcome and greatly appreciated. I will get on to your other poems as well, time permitting. It shall be a busy year! Good stuff unfolding. See you 'round the site or better yet on our poems. Cheers.

Hi Tom. Thanks for your comment on The Rapids. I have just checked out Gary Snyder on youtube. Many thanks for that. Take care, Tony.

Hi Tom-thanks for your feedback on 'A Tradition Saved', I'm pleased you are enjoying the tales.
Tall tales? Stranger things happen out there at sea!

Many thanks Tom re 'Voyager'
means a lot,coming from thee.xx

Thanks for your comment Tom. I'm going to try to improve it some more but I'm glad you liked it as it is. I think in performance that second verse probably wouldn't seem weak - you can't get away with anything on the page though, can you? :)

Hello Tom,

I've just looked on your To Marianne website - you have some lovely work there - particularly like your drawings. You can look at my poetry if you want, but it's a bit embarrassing compared to yours. Also could you send me the rest of your '30 Das of November', I was enjoying it.

Jade x

.. hello Tom ..pleased you enjoyed 'Arlette' .. thanks.

Thanks for taking a look at my poem Tom. Glad you liked it. It's good to see you back posting as well!

Glad you liked "George Best" Tom.
The reason I hadn't bought the trousers was that choice was a bit limited in 42 inch waists.
But I could probably have got into George Best's shorts.

Hello Tom - your kind comments about "Brothers" are very welcome. The poem follows the old wisdom "write about what you know" so I will not claim any visitation from some other-worldly spark of imagination.

Hi to you Tom.
Really appreciate
your comments on 'In between days'

Thank you Sir!

Thank you for the lovely comments on my poem.

Hi Tom, I am glad you found my comments useful. I do find a lot of comments on here focus on the topic rather than the poetry. I really enjoy looking at how a poem works and what goes into it. I loved Stylistics, at University because it was like a Sherlock Holmes approach to the poem. What is really there? You are welcome to comment on my poems any time.

Tom, I have been intending to thank you for your comment on my 'O Sweet Confusion", your high praise that it reminded you of Basho. Those lines are among my favourites in all my works.

I greatly enjoy the writing of Haiku and Tanka too, for I find the 'prescribed' syllable structure very stimulating, if I choose to use it. With haiku I always have to ask myself: Where does egotism interfere with sincerity? Cinquains and Diamante are fabulous forms also, in their very structured brevity.

very grateful Tom
for your views on my poem
-Crepuscular-

much appreciated.

Stef.

Thank you for your kind comments on 'Darkness and Light' Tom, much appreciated.

Thanks for your comments on Kopi Luwak, Tom. If you try some let me know what it's like.

Hi Tom Thanks for the positive feedback on Chemo. I'll have to check out some of yours!

Thanks much for the comments on 'I Adore.'

Thanks for your comment, Tom.

hello Tim, my thanks go out to you for your kind comments on 'Stars Would Gladly Cast Their Gleam' - much appreciated :) Best wishes, Dave