Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Tony Harrison

Born: April 30, 1937 (age 88)
Bio: Tony Harrison is an English poet, translator and playwright. He was born in Leeds and he received his education in Classics from Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University.
Known for:
- Collected Film Poetry (2007)
- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus (1990)
- The shadow of Hiroshima and other film/poems (1995)
- Square rounds (1992)