War of words
by Diary Section | The Guardian | 12 April 2003

In the last Gulf war, poet Tony Harrison was pretty much a lone voice. His poem "A Cold Coming" was commissioned by this newspaper in response to a photograph of an Iraqi soldier burned to death at the wheel of his vehicle. The rarity value of Harrison's subsequent 1991 collection, A Cold Coming: Gulf War Poems (Bloodaxe), is shown by the fact that a signed, limited edition of this 20-page book will set you back £75 today.

Tony Harrison (born April 30, 1937) is an English poet and playwright. He is noted for his controversial plays like V and Fram, as well as his versions of ancient Greek tragedies like the Orestia and Hecuba. He is often noted for his outspoken views, particularly against the Iraq War.