Adrian Henri was a British poet and painter 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 trio of Liverpool poets came to prominence in that city's Merseybeat zeitgeist of the 1960s and 1970s. He was described by Edward Lucie-Smith in British Poetry since 1945 as the "theoretician" of the three. His characterisation of popular culture in verse helped to widen the audience for poetry among 1960s British youth. He was influenced by the French Symbolist school of poetry and surrealist art. Wikipedia
“Love is feeling cold in the back of vans
Love is a fanclub with only two fans”
"Love Is ...", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
"The Entry of Christ into Liverpool", from British Poetry since 1945 (1970), Ed. Edward Lucie-Smith.<p>
“Tonight at noon
Supermarkets will advertise 3d EXTRA on everything”
"Tonight at Noon", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
“Without you ghost ferries would cross the Mersey manned by skeleton crews”
"Without You", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
“Prostitutes in the snow in Canning Street like strange erotic snowmen”
"Liverpool Poems", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
"Adrian Henri's Talking After Christmas Blues", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
"Mrs Albion You've Got a Lovely Daughter", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
“This is the morning that we burnt a cardboard hat”
"The Blazing Hat, Part Two", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
