The Mersey Sound (book) — For other uses, see Mersey sound 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 .… … Wikipedia
Liverpool poets — The Liverpool Poets are a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, influenced by 1950s Beat poetry. They were involved in the 1960s Liverpool scene that gave rise to The Beatles, during a time when the city was termed by US beat … Wikipedia
Penguin Modern Poets — was a series of 28 poetry books published by Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s, each containing work by three contemporary poets (mostly but not exclusively British and American). The series was begun in 1962 and published an average of two… … Wikipedia
Liverpool Poets — [ lɪvəpuːl pəʊɪts], Dichtergruppe, die im Liverpool der 1960er Jahre im Umfeld der dortigen Rockszene (Beatles) antiakademische, frech montierte und parodistische Poplyrik produzierte, in Kneipen vortrug und in eigenen Anthologien und… … Universal-Lexikon
Brian Patten — (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is an English poet. Born in a working class neighbourhood near the docks, Patten left school at fifteen, and was hired by a private newspaper called The Bootle Times to write a column on… … Wikipedia
Adrian Henri — (10 April 1932 ndash; 21 December 2000) was a British poet and painter. [ [http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00151.html Adrian Henri, poet, 68 ] ] He is best remembered for being one of the three poets in the best selling anthology The… … Wikipedia
Roger McGough — A 2004 sculptural installation in Liverpool based around Roger McGough s poetical invocation of water Roger Joseph McGough CBE (born 9 November 1937) is a well known English performance poet. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please… … Wikipedia
poetry — It is a commonly acknowledged truism that reading and writing poetry are both valued and difficult exercises. Poetry has an important cultural position because it is often manifestly difficult, made so by the apparent obscurity of its… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
alternative poetry — The strongest ‘alternative’ tradition in contemporary British poetry is performance poetry, a form as varied as its practitioners. Often based on song structures (such as repeated refrains) and the rhythms of popular music (including jazz,… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Liverpool Roadrunners — The Liverpool Roadrunners emerged from the burgeoning music scene in 1960s Liverpool. (They were billed either as The Roadrunners or as The Road Runners. The word Liverpool has been added to this entry to distinguish them from other bands who… … Wikipedia
