Cover of Mersey Sound: the New Volume by Adrian Henri, Roger McGough & Brian Patten

A Liver Bird below BRIAN PATTEN

Just heard of the death of #BrianPatten - another voice of #Liverpool gone 😢

You ask for a poem.
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer.

And how as you grow older
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept.

#RestInPoetry Brian

Fanny Howe, The Art of Poetry No. 118 “If I could say I was assigned something at birth, it would be to keep the soul fresh and clean, and to not let anything bring it down.”

To mark the passing of the multi-talented writer Fanny Howe, here's her @parisreview.bsky.social interview for its The Art of Poetry series. #ripfannyhowe #restinpoetry
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Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85 Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council

Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85 #RestinPoetry

Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council

Yes, it is. 🥲😢 #RestInPoetry

Sunday Evening, Coming Down 😢

#RestInPoetry