Collected Poems, Volume Three
Published on 15. August 2023
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-1-7396231-1-1 (ISBN)
Description
Includes all the poems from Henry's collections Strikingly Invisible, The Beauty Within Shadow and The Distance Between Clouds, and features many of the poems from his award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, 'A Normal...'.
Strikingly Invisible is concerned with the nature of change, identity, worth, and other abstract notions that get in the way of lunch.
The poems in The Beauty Within Shadow are concerned with the balancing of darkness and light in our everyday lives, the search for an understanding of pain and sorrow, and the processing of other thoughts we'd usually avoid by filling our days with mindless distractions.
The Distance Between Clouds: "Finally, a collection of poetry about joy, positivity and optimism, before I die unloved and forgotten." - Henry Normal.
Strikingly Invisible is concerned with the nature of change, identity, worth, and other abstract notions that get in the way of lunch.
The poems in The Beauty Within Shadow are concerned with the balancing of darkness and light in our everyday lives, the search for an understanding of pain and sorrow, and the processing of other thoughts we'd usually avoid by filling our days with mindless distractions.
The Distance Between Clouds: "Finally, a collection of poetry about joy, positivity and optimism, before I die unloved and forgotten." - Henry Normal.
Reviews / Votes
"The master of balancing laugh-out funny with acute poignancy." - The i / "Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal." - Radio Times / "Succinct, heartrending and peppered with gentle punchlines." - The Guardian / "Henry Normal's observational poems are always a delight." - Write Out Loud / "He loves the little things in life because he knows that really they are the big things." - The i / "Warm, accessible, and never wantonly oblique, but deep beyond measure." - Northern Soul / "Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations." - The Stage / "The Alan Bennett of poetry." - The Scotsman / "The funniest man you've never heard of." - The TelegraphMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
588 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7396231-1-1 (9781739623111)
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Person
Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to television.
Henry co-wrote and script edited the multi-award-winning Mrs Merton Show and the spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family. With Steve Coogan, he co-wrote the BAFTA-winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible, all of Steve's live tours, and the film The Parole Officer. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include the Oscar-nominated film Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, I Believe in Miracles, Moone Boy, The Mighty Boosh, Marion and Geoff, Red Dwarf, Uncle, Nighty Night, Hunderby, Camping and Alan Partridge.
Since retiring in April 2016, Henry has written and performed ten BBC Radio 4 shows, A Normal Family, A Normal Life, A Normal Love, A Normal Imagination, A Normal Nature, A Normal Universe , A Normal Communication, A Normal Ageing, A Normal Community and A Normal Home, combining poetry, comedy and stories about his life and family.
Born in St Ann's, Nottingham, Henry now lives in East Sussex with the screenwriter Angela Pell and their son, Johnny. He has been awarded honorary degrees by both Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University and is Patron of Nottingham City Arts and Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature. He has also had a beer and a bus named after him in his home city.
Henry co-wrote and script edited the multi-award-winning Mrs Merton Show and the spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family. With Steve Coogan, he co-wrote the BAFTA-winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible, all of Steve's live tours, and the film The Parole Officer. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include the Oscar-nominated film Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, I Believe in Miracles, Moone Boy, The Mighty Boosh, Marion and Geoff, Red Dwarf, Uncle, Nighty Night, Hunderby, Camping and Alan Partridge.
Since retiring in April 2016, Henry has written and performed ten BBC Radio 4 shows, A Normal Family, A Normal Life, A Normal Love, A Normal Imagination, A Normal Nature, A Normal Universe , A Normal Communication, A Normal Ageing, A Normal Community and A Normal Home, combining poetry, comedy and stories about his life and family.
Born in St Ann's, Nottingham, Henry now lives in East Sussex with the screenwriter Angela Pell and their son, Johnny. He has been awarded honorary degrees by both Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University and is Patron of Nottingham City Arts and Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature. He has also had a beer and a bus named after him in his home city.