If I tilt my head to the side you are perpendicular and the rest of this unholy mess is at a slant Italic trees in parallel mark the degrees ten past the hour Dry leaves defy gravity There is no slide to the...
After posh dessert in a paper dish the debris of sugar scents the garden This instant is an insect Happiness the beat of a wing A lazy summer evening recedes at the pace of a picnic Creation now sweetly attractive our perception...
We are drawn to water in all her glories - from the great open ocean, to a communal pool, to the edge of a small park lake. Perhaps this is because we are built from flood, each carried into this world submerged. A...
It's easy to forget you were there that their expression was directed towards you that you framed the shot chose the moment to capture It may say more about you than any photo you appear in This is evidence of your...
A LITTLE SLOPE OF MEADOW OUTSIDE MY WINDOW It's only mid May but the snowball tree is past its best The dragonflies have left and only the wood pigeons and a few friends insist on being noticed The magnolia is already...
I have shrunk with age and grief I am not sure I have a soul left to steal He has his mother's nose a family resemblance in outline Our weather-proof coats sort of match hooded against the torrent Deepest blue obscures into...
I wish I'd never before written a poem I wish poetry itself had never even been conceived that I could bring you a gift unseen before God and the angels like the formation of the very first star or the...
Raining Upwards is Henry Normal’s first all new poetry collection in over twenty years. These poems explore relationships with science, nature, humanity and other vital matters we are usually too busy to think about. Order from...
ISBN 978-1-9996707-3-3 | 80pp | 2018rrp £9.00 | ebook £5.99 | audiobook £15.00 Henry Normal's first poetry book in over twenty years, combining both new and selected poems from his previous performance work. This collection encompasses...
ISBN 978-0-9955012-6-3 | 90pp | 2017rrp £8.99 | ebook £5.99 Travelling Second Class Through Hope contains seventy poems personally selected by the author from his early works. Includes a Foreword by Lemn Sissay MBE. Guardian Review 13 May...