Poems by Tony Harrison
Book Ends
... but not too clumsy that you can't still cut:You're supposed to be the bright boy at description ...
Turns
... You're every bit as good as that lot are!)All the pension queue came out to stare ...
Long Distance I
... use!Carrots choke us wi'out your mam's white sauce!Them sweets you brought me, you can have 'em back ...
V
... n't fucking bother, cunt! Don't waste your breath!'You piss-artist skinhead cunt, you wouldn't know ...
National Trust
... and not one gentleman's been brough to book:Mes den hep tavas a-gollas y dyr(Cornish-) ...
Long Distance II
... in my new black leather phone book there's your name ...
Marked with D.
... that kept him down, the tongue that weighed like lead ...
Heredity
... I say: I had two uncles, Joe and Harry- ...
Feeling Fucked Up
... Lord she’s gone done left me done packed / up and split ...
The Sun Came
... The rays of Red have pierced the deep, have struck ...
Haiku
... Drunks stagger like cripple flies ...
