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 noon Supermarkets will advertise 3d EXTRA on everything
 * "Tonight at Noon", from The Mersey Sound (1967).


 * You will tell me you love me Tonight 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 Day And the birds were singing the night away I saw my stocking lying on the chair Looked 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 vans Love 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 Albion taking the dawn ferry to tomorrow worrying about what happened worrying about what hasn't happened lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles fastening up brown stockings to blue suspenderbelts
 * "Mrs Albion You've Got a Lovely Daughter", from The Mersey Sound (1967).


 * GUIN GUINN GUINNESS IS white bird lying unnoticed in a corner splattered feathers blood running merged with the neonsigns in a puddle GUINNESS IS GOOD GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR Masks  Masks   Masks   Masks   Masks GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU
 * "The Entry of Christ into Liverpool", from British Poetry since 1945 (1970), Ed. Edward Lucie-Smith.