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".It went on to sell over 500,000 copies, becoming one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time. The poems are characterised by "accessibility, relevance and lack of pretension",as well as humour, liveliness and at times melancholy. The book was, and continues to be, widely influential with its direct and often witty language, urban references such as plastic daffodils and bus conductors, and frank, but sensitive (and sometimes romantic) depictions of intimacy.

The Penguin Modern Poets (Bk. 10)

McGough, Roger

PATTEN, Brian

Henri, Adrian

Penguin??Books

A selection of the early work of three poets - Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten. These irreverent, sardonic and sad poems, read by the poets themselves, echo the mood of the 1960s and the "Mersey sound".

Mersey Sound

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Penguin Uk

This text introduces contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form.

The Mersey Sound

Sports & Outdoors

'I wanted your soft verges But you gave me the hard shoulder' The Mersey Sound brought poetry down from the shelf and on to the street, capturing the mood of the Sixties and speaking to real lives with its irreverent, wry, freewheeling verses of young love, petrol-pump attendants, CND leaflets and bus journey capers. Bringing together the hugely influential work of Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten - the 'Liverpool Poets' - this perennially beloved volume is the bestselling poetry anthology of all time. Now, for its fiftieth anniversary, this edition restores the original text of the book as it first appeared in 1967: energetic, raw and a true record of its era.

Modern Classics Mersey Sound (Penguin Modern Classics)

Penguin Classic

Inspects the artists and creations that represent contemporary performing and environmental art, stressing the movement's roots in the works of Surrealists, Constructivists, and Pop artists

Total Art: Environments, Happenings and Performance

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Wish You Were Here

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Total Art: Environments, Happenings, and Performance.

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

A book of poetry for children aged five years and above which can be used as a first poetry book. All the five authors are established poets and the poems can be read aloud.

One of Your Legs Is Both the Same!

MCNAUGHTON, COLIN

ROSEN, Michaël

Jones, Terry

Wright, Kit

McMullen, Eunice

Pan/Macmillan

As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, the author was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular speech is retained, spanning the Creation to the Resurrection. The music is by Andy Roberts.

The Wakefield Mysteries (Methuen's Theatre Classics)

METHUEN

The Phantom Lollipop Lady and Other Poems (A Magnet Book)

Ross, Tony.

Methuen Publishing, Ltd.

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