Gladsongs and Gatherings
Poetry and its Social Context in Liverpool since the 1960s
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
224 pages
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© 2001
With the "Liverpool Scene", poetry registered nationally as a popular art form arguably for the first time. Since then, poetry appears to have contracted once more to its metropolitan, literary heartland. So what happened to the "Mersey sound"? Gladsongs and Gatherings examines this question through the ideas and reflections of poets and poetry readers. The book includes interviews with the famous 60s trio, and places their experience alongside that of contemporary poets who continue to find the city a rich source of inspiration.
Contents
Introduction - Stephen Wade
Poems
—Liverpool at the Millennium - Matt Simpson
—Streets of Hope - Levi Tafari
1. Literary Matters
—The Arrival of McGough - Stephen Wade
—'The Hard Lyric': Re-registering Liverpool Poetry - Peter Barry
2. Reflections on the Craft
—Liverpool Peasant - Michael Murphy
—Screen Memories: The Kiss - Deryn Rees-Jones
—A Poetry Residency in Tasmania: The Story behind Cutting the Clouds Towards - Matt Simpson
3. Interviews
—Adrian Henri: Singer of Meat and Flowers - David Bateman
—An Interview with Brian Patten - Stephen Wade
4. Autobiographies/Social Histories
—Open Floor! Live Poetry Nights in Liverpool, 1967-2001 - David Bateman
—Dead Good Poets, Dead Good Poetry - Carol Baldock
—All You Need is Words - Spencer Leigh
—The Windows Project - Dave Ward
5. Broader Views
—These Boys: The Rise of Mersey Beat - Richard Stakes
—Jazz Scene, Liverpool Scene: The Early 1960s - Pete Townsend
Notes on Contributors
Select Bibliography
Index
Poems
—Liverpool at the Millennium - Matt Simpson
—Streets of Hope - Levi Tafari
1. Literary Matters
—The Arrival of McGough - Stephen Wade
—'The Hard Lyric': Re-registering Liverpool Poetry - Peter Barry
2. Reflections on the Craft
—Liverpool Peasant - Michael Murphy
—Screen Memories: The Kiss - Deryn Rees-Jones
—A Poetry Residency in Tasmania: The Story behind Cutting the Clouds Towards - Matt Simpson
3. Interviews
—Adrian Henri: Singer of Meat and Flowers - David Bateman
—An Interview with Brian Patten - Stephen Wade
4. Autobiographies/Social Histories
—Open Floor! Live Poetry Nights in Liverpool, 1967-2001 - David Bateman
—Dead Good Poets, Dead Good Poetry - Carol Baldock
—All You Need is Words - Spencer Leigh
—The Windows Project - Dave Ward
5. Broader Views
—These Boys: The Rise of Mersey Beat - Richard Stakes
—Jazz Scene, Liverpool Scene: The Early 1960s - Pete Townsend
Notes on Contributors
Select Bibliography
Index
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