I'm almost 75 years old (Aug 24 2008) and I've started being bombarded with ideas for new poems and new stories. This is my last harruh and I've decided to make the most of it while it lasts. Won't you help me by redestributing material on this site you find appealing?  Email, repost, distribute as you wish as long as credit is given and my AD site is included. My best work to date is a tribute to my mother, May Clark Stevens, which has had  73507 hits.  You might know other folks who would also enjoy this site? Mother's Death,    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. -->......... Total hits 497,411  Best work to date is poem Mother's death, 73,507 hits.  Mom and I thank you all. s/henry ......................................................................... My poems grouped by themes -henry b stevens Politics: come spy on me , Conditional love, Democracy, Destruction, For those not believing, Gatekeepers, Gods, Hey mister, katrina diaspora, NCLB no child left behind, Skipping school, smoke e' mirrors, Thieves, Thread, Too bad, walk today, Watchtower, Culture: At 72, Chicken Crate, Classified: Top Secret: Do Not Forward:, coloring, come spy on me, Conditional love, Dogs, E Rudolph, For Sorry, For those not believing, Homeless, Honesty, Inquiry, Irony, Joe , Juices, Justice, Katrina diaspora, Mary, News, Pretend,Quiz, Reading the news, Redemption Center, Sadly, Seeing blindfolded, Skipping school, Skype in the sky, Smoke and mirrors, Sparks, Sponge Bob for President,Surrender, The Canary, The hole of hell, Thieves, Thread, Too bad, Very Quiet, walk today, Walking catfish, Watchtower, What about, Where are the poets?, why, wind rain. wind rain part two, Yes, we are all different, young arise, Skin Color, katrina diaspora, wind rain, wind rain part two, Burger King War: 30 days, Cecil Broome, Cecil Angus Broome Jr (SSG/ARMY) Reposted, Current Insanity 2005, Dogs Reposted, Flag, Gods, Marching, Merry-go-round, On being old, Our mighty leader, Prisoners of injury, Red Stains, Words Introspection: All deserve peace, Arthur, Cornfield , Cycle, Deer tracks, Down Home, Fishing on the Barton River 1947, Grain of sand, Grief, Hard Ends, Item, lack of wildness, Lies, Mount Major Alton New Hampshire USA, Mystic Vision, Observation, OX, Peace warrior, Plea, Promise, questions, Secret, The gift, The hole of hell, Thread, Times's Prison, Where Guru?, Where peace, White Pelicans, why Family: Absence, Club of 2, Cycles, Daughter, Family Life, For Youth, Julie, Lovesong of DMC, Manfather, Mary, May C Stevens, voyager, Mother's Death, Patricia, Rundown, Sandra, Secret, St Paddy's Day, Tears Katrinia, We Sat as Four, Supernatural: Arise, As kids do, Beds, blessed, Burger King, Burning, Conditional love, Faith, Jerry, Lost Tribe, Mary, Remember, Sandra, Sponge Bob for President, The creed, Tomorrow, Too much, Victory, Visitors, Watchtower, What about, Why faith, Writing: A 1000 hit poem, Cat's cradle, Changing, further my wish, Gatekeepers, Hen ry's 100th poem on AD, It doesn't sing, Local poet reads to the world, My wish, News, The happening, Where are all the poets?, Youth: 12-21, Beverly, young arise, For youth Loss: April 19, 2005, Bill Maisel 1919-2003, Item, Julie, Leaf, Loss, Tears Katrina Creative Commons License 2.5 FREE OFFERS follow here.................. Videos by Henry Burt Stevens. Henry reads his top 13 poems Here Reads his war poems Here Video clips from AuthorsFest Here Download Free chapbook "Victory" Here.See a video clip from my Video DVD "Victory" Here. Download Free chapbook "Destruction" Here. ........................................................................ "The pain I cannot stand I sit and write about....... Total page hits 497,411 10/27/2010 Started 02/01/2005 at zero. The most popular poems as of 06/06/2006 Poem Name Hits Read Click "Read" to go directly to the poem A = audio V=video links on the poem page Mother's Death 73,507 V Read , My wish 26323A V Read Conditional Love 1151 A V Read Honesty 1320 V Read Tomorrow 872 V Read Tears Katrina 846 A V Read For sorry 799 V Read Gods 666 (note number) V Read No Child Left Behind 739 V Read/ Promise 666 V Read Grief 633 V Read Too Much 572 V Read Loss 542 V Read Yes, we are all different V 565 Read Pretend 502 V Read Not believing 476 V Read Words 470 V Real Why 459 V Read The hole of hell V 470 Read Wind rain 421 Read Classified 420 V Read Victory 427 V Read Peace Warrior 403 V Read Arise 413 V Read Remember 468 Read Burning 375 V Read Selected poems (video) 351 Read Local poet reads to the world 346 Read Where are the poets 372 Read At 72 359 Read Too Bad 318 Read Why faith 285 Read Inquiry 319 Read Sadly 292 Read Our mighty leader 323 Read Top 13 video (video) 278 Read Juices 271 Read    Most popular stories The year my Thanksgiving went to pot (2002) 1492 Five Senses 1522 Read Adoption and Foster Children 1051 Read Intimate talk 823 Wearing out my father's clothes 810 Read What I did on my summer vacation 2004 908 Most popular articles Brothers and Sisters 1601 Read (I'm pleased and humbled that this is my most popular article.) Free poetry? Yes, really 1078 Read Why a white guy... 697 Read Notes from the free speech zone 445 Video now 435 World's largest poetry reading 389 Recent news Hot Chocolate (video) 843 These poems didn't click with readers Mount Major Alton New Hampshire 66 Read  

77 years old, married 54 years, 3 children, 1 grandchild, 1 greatgranddaughter