Adrian Henri Quotes

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  

✵ 10. April 1932 – 21. December 2000
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Famous Adrian Henri Quotes

“Love is feeling cold in the back of vans
Love is a fanclub with only two fans”

Adrian Henri

"Love Is ...", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

“Tonight at noon
Supermarkets will advertise 3d EXTRA on everything”

Adrian Henri

"Tonight at Noon", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

“Without you ghost ferries would cross the Mersey manned by skeleton crews”

Adrian Henri

"Without You", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

“Prostitutes in the snow in Canning Street like strange erotic snowmen”

Adrian Henri

"Liverpool Poems", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

“This is the morning that we burnt a cardboard hat”

Adrian Henri

"The Blazing Hat, Part Two", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

“You will tell me you love me
Tonight at noon.”

Adrian Henri

"Tonight at Noon", from The Mersey Sound (1967).

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