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.
running one-day way
I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I've walked this way
fighting hands caress
Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
writing writing-essays theory
I don't like writing essays or theory.
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.