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Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946) is an English poet and author. [1] He came to prominence in the 1960s as one of the Liverpool poets , and writes primarily lyrical poetry about human relationships.
The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the poets into "considerable acclaim and critical fame". [1] It went on to sell over 500,000 copies, becoming one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time.
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The poets generally came from a working-class background and went to art college rather than university. There was a strong allegiance with pop music, and the values and effectiveness of that in reaching out to a wide audience informed the poetry. Readings took place in a pub or club environment.
Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter [1] best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough.
The Mersey Beat poets were Adrian Henri, Brian Patten and Roger McGough. Their work was a self-conscious attempt at creating an English equivalent to the Beats. Many of their poems were written in protest against the established social order and, particularly, the threat of nuclear war.
This poem marks the introduction into an English context of the classical pastoral, a mode of poetry that assumes an aristocratic audience with a certain kind of attitude to the land and peasants. The explorations of love found in the sonnets of William Shakespeare and the poetry of Walter Raleigh and others also implies a courtly audience.
Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (/ m ə ˈ ɡ ɒ f /; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright.He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry.