The Escape Plan includes all of the poems from Henry Normal's acclaimed BBC Radio 4 shows, together with the most popular poems from each of his previous collections. Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal. - Radio TimesThe Alan Bennett of poetry - The Scotsman
The Fire Hills was written between December 2021 and November 2022. Reflecting the first year of the author's move to Fairlight in East Sussex, this collection explores new landscapes, armed only with a pen and unwarranted optimism.
Exploring themes of joy, positivity, and optimism, this poetry collection captures the essence of human experience during a challenging period from June 2020 to March 2021. Henry Normal's work offers a refreshing perspective, aiming to celebrate life and connection amidst uncertainty, emphasizing the importance of love and remembrance.
The Beauty Within Shadow was written between August 2019 and June 2020. These poems 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.
Henry Normal's Collected Poems, Volume Two includes all of the poems from This Phantom Breath, The Department of Lost Wishes and Swallowing the Entire Ocean.