Staring Directly at the Eclipse

by Henry Normal

Henry Normal's first poetry collection in over twenty years, combining both new and selected poems from his previous performance work. This collection encompasses the subjects of love, death, loneliness, loss, human frailty and other classic conversation stoppers. Published by Five Leaves in 2016, revised and reissued by Flapjack Press in 2018. "Succinct, heartrending and peppered with gentle punchlines" - The Guardian "The Alan Bennett of poetry" - The Scotsman

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2018

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

Afraid there is only 2 I like, ‘The house is not the same since you left’ and Then Dream Ticket’.

[Jonny Brick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine blank verse, especially those about his son's autism. A lack of punctuation can make it hard on the page, so go and hear Henry perform them live or on radio.