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
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opposites rocks needs
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
people poetry poetry-is
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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.