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Review: Behind the Paint by Marve Hendry
In his second poetry publication, Behind the Paint, Marve Hendry emphasizes the masks we wear to hide ourselves from a multitude of life’s quandaries, and occasionally, even from ourselves.
This emotive and engaging collection is divided into five sections, with each heading beginning with “Behind the…” In “Behind the I” the poet opens with “to whom it may concern” in which he examines and questions some common assumptions:
I can’t begin to imagine
where do beautiful things go
sometimes I can
but then I feel I shouldn’t
In “Diaries of an Insomniac,” the poetic protagonist tries to stay awake […]