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Brian Patten
Brian Patten
(7 February 1946 / Liverpool / England)
Brian Patten Quotes
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''When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.''
Brian Patten (b. 1946), British poet. "Prosepoem Towards a Definition of Itself."
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Simple Lyric
When I think of her sparkling face
And of her body that rocked this way and that,
When I think of her laughter,
Her jubilance that filled me,
It’s a wonder I’m not gone mad.
She is away and I cannot do what I want.
Other faces pale when I get close.
She is away and I cannot breathe her in.
