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> No, they were not, not really Ah worth a try, thanks. Cheers, Luke On 16 January 2018 at 12:02, Gerard Greenway < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > They're rather different poets, of course. Henri coming from the Beats and > surrealism. McGough light verse, or that's what he excels at. Patten a > serious reflective melancholy voice, a good love poet, his poeticness in > his plainness. > > Gerard > > > On Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 11:40:25 GMT, Tim Allen < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > No, they were not, not really, but I suppose Henri did have it in mind > that he was reaching out to a new audience that was not the same as > poetry's had been before. With the other two I think it was more a case of > that's where they were with their own writing anyway. > > On 15 Jan 2018, at 18:36, Luke wrote: > > Liverpool poets... I wondered if I could ask if any were self consciously > writing "pop poetry" in the way we might expect a rock star to *rock out*? > > > >