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Books

Ingrid’s Husband

How the living haunt themselves is Ingrid’s Husband’s concern, and the author discovers his spirits through an imagery of absences – a child’s signature in the dust of an old guitar; the stone plinth where a café once stood; a white balloon drifting down a shopping arcade; a chateau, still furnished with the belongings of its vanished owner …

Seren, 2007
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Ingrid’s Husband
Ingrid’s Husband:
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The Slipped Leash

The choices we make - between music and silence, impulse and security; between the “torn land” and the “dazzling sea” - feature strongly in this new collection of poems by Paul Henry. A twenty-first century...


Seren, 2002
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The Slipped Leash
The Slipped Leash:
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The Milk Thief

The Milk Thief is time - as it colours the lives of the characters and relatives who feature in Paul Henry’s new collection of poems. The first two sections of the book are set primarily...


Seren, 1998
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The Milk Thief
The Milk Thief:
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Captive Audience

Private and public worlds collide in this second collection of poems by Paul Henry. A cast that includes, amongst others, butchers, teachers, hairdressers, mechanics and town planners sustains this poet’s awareness of human strengths and frailties ...


Seren, 1996
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Captive Audience
Captive Audience:
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Time Pieces

Time Pieces is Paul Henry’s debut collection of poems. Clear-eyed, compassionate, and concerned, he writes movingly about members of his family and community. We meet the brisk, arrogant ’Bigwig’, the fragile, elderly ’Audrey in Autumn’,...


Seren, 1991
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Time Pieces
Time Pieces:
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The Breath of Sleeping Boys & other poems

Carreg Gwalch, 2004
www.carreg-gwalch.co.uk


The Breath of Sleeping Boys & other poems
The Breath of Sleeping Boys & other poems:
www.carreg-gwalch.co.uk


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