MP Flapp (@mpflapp.bsky.social)

Facing north: in the footsteps of Tony Harrison I was saddened to hear of the recent death of the English poet Tony Harrison. Harrison spoke to me more clearly than any other poet I’ve read. His peerless command of rhyme and rhythm, his lyrical, elegiac tone and his blend of vernacular language and classical erudition all combined to produce a body of work that I found uniquely affecting and readable. But I’m no literary critic, and I don’t intend to try and analyse Harrison’s poetry in any depth. Instead, I wanted to set down a few personal reflections on the man and his work. https://viennesewaltz.substack.com/p/tony-harrison