Women as Tender
Paperback, 41 pages
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Humphrey Astley is founder and editor of rainoverbouville.co.uk, now in its fourth year. He was born in Oxford, England in 1982. “Breathing is an unthinking reflex, until you draw a breath and find you can’t. Human contact can induce a similar sensation of having thought hijacked by primal reactions that can bring a moment to its clearest point. This is Humphrey Astley’s poetry.” http://blackheartmagazine.com/index2.php?p=story&id=186
“The verbal content is phenomenally well-handled. People say that they hone poems a long time; generally speaking one wonders why. Humphrey however does the same thing and does it to good purpose. His works do what other poems purport to do.” http://mourningabortion.blogspot.com/
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As reviewed by our writer, James Sinclair, online at blackheartmagazine.com:
Breathing is an unthinking reflex, until you draw a breath and find you can’t. Human contact can induce a similar sensation of having thought hijacked by primal reactions that can bring a moment to its clearest point. This is Humphrey Astley’s poetry.
Astley mostly uses women as pivot points for male reflection on types of human interactions in his book, Women As Tender. These “women as tender” help buy or sell, or sometimes simply rattle like loose change in car seats, experiences that help render these connections. Despite this, he rarely uses... More >
As reviewed by our writer, James Sinclair, online at blackheartmagazine.com:
Breathing is an unthinking reflex, until you draw a breath and find you can’t. Human contact can induce a similar sensation of having thought hijacked by primal reactions that can bring a moment to its clearest point. This is Humphrey Astley’s poetry.
Astley mostly uses women as pivot points for male reflection on types of human interactions in his book, Women As Tender. These “women as tender” help buy or sell, or sometimes simply rattle like loose change in car seats, experiences that help render these connections. Despite this, he rarely uses... More >
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