Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British Left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's anti-Bomb movement. The critic Kenneth Tynan called him "the British Mayakovsky"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 October 1932
Adrian Mitchell quotes about
atrocities committed england faithfully miles sitting terrible thousands
It's about sitting faithfully in England while thousands of miles away terrible atrocities are being committed in our name.
fighting hands caress
Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
rocks use rock-n-roll
I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.