The Gaze of the Gorgon - Tony Harrison

So, who says modern poetry in English doesn't rhyme? Tony Harrison never fails, for one. In fact, his word-play is renowned, and in this book everything is in a very simple rhyming scheme, with quite strict metre - the discipline of which only makes him more endearing. The Gaze of the Gorgon, now 10 years old, should still be available and visible in bookshops and libraries. While not the most famous of his volumes, it is worth a try, for chances are you will either put him down in bewilderment or scan for other volumes. Tony Harrison, a Leeds-born poet, is perhaps still most famous for V, a renowned political poem from the 1980s, which was set ...