V. by Tony Harrison wales a bunker dissolves into gold

a bunker dissolves into gold upon Pennard’s shoulder

Gaia Holmes

and enduring voice resonates in her poems immersed in the mysticism of love

In their quiet but fierce attention to  the unsung and the overlooked – paint splashes

V. by Tony Harrison wales a bunker dissolves into goldTony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984 85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. In the book length poem, he confronts the foul mouthed skinhead thug responsible, who becomes a foil for his own anger and alienation. The political and media reaction to v. would make a book in itself. This is that book. As well as Tony Harrison's poem and Graham Sykes's photographs,