(10 April 1932 - 20 December 2000 / Birkenhead, Cheshire)

poet Adrian Henri
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Poems of Adrian Henri

21. Song for a Beautiful Girl Petrol­pump Attendant on the Motorway 5/16/2011
22. Song of Affluence or I Wouldn't Leave My 8­Roomed House for You 5/16/2011
23. The Blazing Hat, Part Two 5/16/2011
24. The New `Our Times' (for Mix Fénéon) 5/16/2011
25. Tonight at Noon (for Charles Mingus and the Clayton Squares) 5/16/2011
26. Where'er You Walk 5/16/2011
27. Wild West Poems 5/16/2011
28. Without You 2/18/2004

Nightsong

So we'll go no more a-raving
So late into the night
Though the heart be still as loving
And the neonsigns so bright

Ate my breakfast egg this morning
playing records from last night
woke to hear the front door closing
as the sky was getting light

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