A Poetry Book (A bit late now)
A collection of poems from the years from childhood to later years. A poet whose voice feels born from the pubs and pavements of the North, shaped by tenderness, wit, and a quiet defiance.
Owen Whitehouse - Poetry
For Owen Whitehouse, poetry is an act of witness and connection . His poems treat language as a living material, that carries ordinary lives, conversations in pubs, moments of grief, flashes of humour, and the rough grace of being human. He seems to believe that poetry begins not with grandeur but with attention to people, to the weather of emotion, to the patterns in a day that most of us overlook. In that sense, he unashamedly belongs to the lineage of the working-voice writers from the 60s who made poetry democratic again. For Whitehouse, a poem is not something to decode it’s something to feel alongside . It’s a shared moment of recognition and fancy. Poetry is a little revolution for the soul.
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Owen seems to write out of a conviction that poetry should tell the truth, but gently so that it can hold contradiction, humour, and hurt in the same breath. His lines often oscillate between tenderness and irony, revealing a belief that laughter and compassion come from the same well. He also treats poetry as a space for memory, not nostalgia, but remembering as an act of keeping people and moments alive. His poems return to lost voices, childhood landscapes, the texture of everyday kindness, and the fragility of care in a world too busy to notice it. He seems to think poetry’s job is not to elevate life but to illuminate it as it is, scuffed, uncertain, funny, fleeting, but sacred in its ordinariness.
There is always hope here, the sense that language can still reach someone, that writing can still make something whole, even if just for a moment. In At the End of the Valley in particular, poetry becomes a form of restoration, a way to stitch the self back into the world after loss. In short, Owen Whitehouse seems to think that poetry is an act of careful honesty. It is how we hold each other in words, a craft for listening, for remembering, and for staying human in a world that keeps asking us to forget how. His latest collection is an anthology from accross his works with the odd new poem dropped in.
Poetry is how I make sense of the world and how find a place in it
Owen
Books By Owen Whitehouse
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These Are The Things
Poems from midlife changes, for opportunities grasped. Whitehouse writes as both witness and wanderer. He moves between the intimate and the political, between the tenderness of everyday life and the vast moral questions of our time.
Alt Backspace
Whitehouse continues his remarkable exploration of modern humanity, love and loss, irony and tenderness. This is a collection for our age of disconnection, full of wit, heartbreak, and the strange poetry of silence. There's a voice of the absurd here, the absurdity of our condition.
At the End of the Valley
Across these poems runs a deep human current, the ache of time, the grace of renewal, and the quiet triumph of being alive to the world. Whether describing rain falling on an old hillside, the silence between lovers, or the ghosts that wander through familiar towns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common inquiries about Owen's poetry and services.
How can I purchase your poetry collections?
You can purchase Owen's poetry collections directly from this website, via the
Can I request a custom poem?
Owen accepts requests for personalised poems. Please contact him via email to discuss your needs
Do you perform poetry readings?
Owen does offer poetry readings for events. Please reach out via email to inquire about availability and details
What inspires your poetry?
Hi! My poetry is driven by my thoughts and feelings and my attempts to make sense of the world and what goes on around me. Try it yourself, poetry is as much a personal revolution as it is therapy.
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