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Cultural Society, paperback

Publication Date: June 14, 2022

In THE HIDDEN EYES OF THINGS, we travel through far reaches of the solar system–from the silver of twilight on Mercury, to the vast sea of hydrogen on Jupiter, to the endless collisions of ice particles in Saturn’s rings–in order to explore the unconscious. Guided by the conjunctions and oppositions of astrology, Peter O’Leary finds reciprocity between alien planetary atmospheres and the most intimate forces that shape a life. His poetry draws on oneiric imagery, recherche diction, and incantatory repetitions, in building toward an uncanny vision, the deep-felt familiarities of human life turned mournfully apocalyptic and sublime.