Adrian Henri

Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 21 December 2000) was an English poet and painter from Liverpool, best known as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound. (The other two were Brian Patten and Roger McGough.) They became known during the 1960s as part of the boom for the city brought about by The Beatles. Quotes Tonight at noonSupermarkets will advertise 3d EXTRA on everything "Tonight at Noon", from The Mersey Sound (1967). You will tell me you love meTonight at noon. "Tonight at Noon", 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). Well I woke up this mornin' it was Christmas DayAnd the birds were singing the night awayI saw my stocking lying on the chairLooked right to the bottom but you weren't there "Adrian Henri's Talking After Christmas Blues", from The Mersey Sound (1967). Love is feeling cold in the back of vansLove is a fanclub with only two fans "Love Is ...", 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). The daughters of Albiontaking the dawn ferry to tomorrowworrying about what happenedworrying about what hasn't happenedlacing up blue sneakers over brown anklesfastening up brown stockings to blue suspenderbelts "Mrs Albion You've Got a Lovely Daughter", from The Mersey Sound (1967).   GUINGUINNGUINNESS ISwhite bird lying unnoticed in a cornersplattered feathersblood running merged with the neonsignsin a puddleGUINNESS IS GOODGUINNESS IS GOOD FORMasks   Masks   Masks   Masks   MasksGUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU "The Entry of Christ into Liverpool", from British Poetry since 1945 (1970), Ed. Edward Lucie-Smith. External links Category:Poets from England Category:2000 deaths Category:20th-century British poets