V. by Tony Harrison Richard Hamer the poet is faced by

the poet is faced by those smaller wars and memorials one carries within

sort out her wardrobe

The collection invites the reader to reflect on loneliness

this is the poet’s highly anticipated second collection

V. by Tony Harrison Richard Hamer the poet is faced byTony 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,