Brian Patten: Poems Brian Patten

“If I decide to be indecisive, that’s my decision,” is a famous quote from one of the most prominent poets of the Mersey Sound era, Roger McGough. Since the vast majority of the poets from this era were very close friends and performed their works...

Like Duran’s poem 'Coat", Patten's ‘The Armada’ is written as an anecdote, and recounts a childhood memory of Patten’s mother. He writes about a time when he played with toy boats in a pond, and compares this to the death of his mother.

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In "The Projectionist's Nightmare," Patten crafts q depiction of a 'projectionist's nightmare' through the very vivid and graphic as well as aural imagery in a short free-verse poem. Thus, this text perfectly manifests the sense of horror and...