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Come On Everybody: Poems 1953-2008
Adrian Mitchell
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Description for Come On Everybody: Poems 1953-2008
Paperback. Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964) to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798. Poems 1953-2008. 416 pages. Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964) to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight: 800.
Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964) to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). His poetry's simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards that poetry is first and foremost ... Read more
Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964) to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). His poetry's simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards that poetry is first and foremost ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249465
SKU
V9781852249465
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About Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008) was a prolific poet, playwright and children's writer. His poetry's simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the Border Ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about nuclear war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of the Left, ... Read more
Reviews for Come On Everybody: Poems 1953-2008
'He has the innocence of his own experience - real inner freedom and the courage of his own music. Among all the voices of the Court, a voice as welcome as Lear's fool - Humour that can stick deep and stay funny' - Ted Hughes. 'Nobody else writes like him. And it is becoming more and more evident that his ... Read more