▁the ▁retro - r het or ic , ▁and ▁synth etic ▁nost alg ia ▁( a ▁sort ▁of ▁a uster ity ▁nost alg ia ▁or ▁' nost er ity ' / ▁' a ust alg ia ', ▁as ▁Mor r ison ▁refers ▁to ▁it ) ▁for ▁a ▁pre - w elf are ▁state ▁Britain , ▁prom ul g ated ▁by ▁polit icians . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Lap wing ▁Publications ▁( B elf ast ) ▁published ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁volume ▁Sh adows ▁W alt z ▁Hal ting ly . ▁A ▁deeply ▁personal ▁collection , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁departure ▁from ▁his ▁more ▁so cio - polit ical ▁poetry ▁of ▁recent ▁years . ▁▁ ▁Tan ▁R apt ures ▁- ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁Church ▁Times ▁as ▁having ▁" flu ency , ▁wit , ▁and ▁passion " ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁Mor r ison ▁describes ▁the ▁long ▁title ▁poem ▁as ▁an ▁‘ A uden ic ▁dialect ic ’ ▁in ▁verse ; ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁Social ist - C atholic ▁po lem ic ▁in ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁w elf are ▁reg imen ▁of ▁ex - Secret ary ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁for ▁Work ▁and ▁P ensions ▁( D WP ), ▁I ain ▁Dun can ▁Smith . ▁ ▁Mor r ison ▁is ▁editor ▁of ▁left - wing ▁international ▁literary ▁web z ine , ▁The ▁Rec us ant , ▁which ▁he ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Mor r