▁to ▁White ' s ▁wide ▁research ▁interests ▁and ▁his ▁impress ive ▁circle ▁of ▁academic ▁friends ▁across ▁the ▁glo be . ▁David ▁H iley ▁wrote ▁of ▁it : ▁" This ▁book ▁is ▁a ▁fine ▁t ribute ▁to ▁a ▁remarkable ▁scholar . ▁Not ▁only ▁has ▁Harry ▁White ▁revealed ▁unknown ▁musical ▁rich es ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁Austria , ▁he ▁has ▁set ▁the ▁music ▁of ▁Ireland ▁in ▁a ▁clearer , ▁tr uer ▁perspective ". ▁ ▁Po etry ▁The ▁el o quent , ▁express ive ▁and ▁often ▁po etic ▁style ▁of ▁Harry ▁White ' s ▁music ological ▁writing ▁finds ▁a ▁more ▁art istic ▁out let ▁in ▁his ▁poetry . ▁As ▁a ▁master ' s ▁student ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁won ▁the ▁university ' s ▁gold ▁medal ▁for ▁poetry ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁Two ▁published ▁volumes ▁of ▁his ▁poetry ▁have ▁appeared ▁to ▁date : ▁Pol ite ▁Form s ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Ken m are ▁Occ urr ences ▁( 2 0 1 8 ). ▁Pol ite ▁Form s ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁sequence ▁of ▁po ems ▁that ▁med it ates ▁on ▁family ▁life " ▁that ▁" rem ember ▁and ▁re im agine ▁scenes ▁from ▁child hood ▁and ▁ad oles c ence " ▁Of ▁his ▁second ▁collection , ▁a ▁Canadian ▁critic ▁wrote : ▁" White ' s ▁strength ▁is ▁to ▁hold ▁both ▁speaker ▁and ▁listener ▁at ▁a ▁distance ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁proxim ity ; ▁the ▁po ems ▁acknow ledge ▁that ▁memory ▁is ▁fla wed , ▁b aff