Brian Patten obituary One of the Liverpool poets, along with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who was a perceptive writer on love

Oh this is sad. #BrianPatten was my most favourite #poet all my life
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

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I love inscriptions in books, but just found this one, which is a little stranger than the usual “To Bert, love Mary, Xmas 1971”. #merseypoets #yourenicked