Three years ago, the writer Jeanette Winterson said Walsh had found “words where there are no words” through his poem This Is the Place, which he read in Albert Square the day after the bombing. Now, in the time of coronavirus, we are lost for words once more, shattered and struggling to make sense of where we are. ‘Tony Walsh’ was trending across the globe on social media, as his city was still clearing up the broken glass and surgeons were operating. All I’ve got left is the scribbling business.”The last few weeks have seen some extraordinary responses from poets. Instead, his words are on posters in Manchester, funded by Jack Arts.

Source: Daily Mirror June 25, 2020 21:24 UTC