Brian Patten

El último gran suño había empezado a hacer mella en él. Pensó de nuevo en las historias y en sus esfuerzos por mantenerlas vivas y vibrantes. Su mente barrió el mundo entero en busca de algún indicio sobre la existencia de otro guardián, pero no existía ningún otro. Él era el único que conocía todas las historias, a excepción de una. Él era el único que escuchaba a la noche, que filtraba y pasaba por un sifón sus relatos y arrojaba la gran red de su imaginación sobre la piel de un mundo durmiente.

This anthology has been revised and updated and now features contemporary poets such as Benjamin Zephaniah and Grace Nichols sitting alongside the classic voices of Thomas Hardy and W.B. Yeats.

Brian Patten is renowned as an accessible and popular poet. Now his love poems, old and new, are collected together in his single volume. Widely acknowledged as one of Europes foremost writers, Brian Pattens love poems earned him recognition far and wide. Truthful and tender, profoundly aware of the possibility of magic and the miraculous, these poems are beautiful, informed and, even at their darkest moments, filled with courage and hope. Alongside old favourites, this edition contains a selection of new and hitherto unpublished poems. A must for lovers and poetry lovers everywhere.

Roger McGough and Brian Patten have selected the very best of their animal poems in order to help two loveable monsters from outer space who visit Earth in search of a pet and need a bit of guidance...Split into sections, the monsters are introduced to animals that fly, swim, crawl and purr by two of our greatest childrens poets. Illustrated in Guy Parker-Rees lively and intimitable style.

A great new collection of poetry, wide-ranging in both form and subject matter. Full of Brian Pattens wonderful wit and moments of beauty as in GERANIUMS IN THE SNOW: Like children snuggling down under a white duvet Slowly the red geraniums Vanish under the snow. Brilliantly complemented by Chris Riddells illustrations.

A selection of Brian Pattens best work over the last forty-five years, chosen by the poet himself. The earliest of these poems, Sleep Now, was written when Patten was fifteen, the latest when he was sixty. Presented in rough chronological order, the selection includes a dozen new poems.

A magical story which weaves together fifty world tales of immense appeal to both adults and children. One day a story fell from heaven and landed on a giants tongue The Story Giant is a master illusionist and the ur-storyteller. In his memory exists every tale ever told in the world except for one, which has eluded him for millennia. In a last desperate attempt to track down this lost tale, he draws four children from the different corners of the globe into his castle while they sleep, there to exchange the tales they know from their own cultures, to see if between them they can piece together the elusive missing story. For if he cannot track it down and install it in his memory, the whole facade of the castle will crumble and fall, and the Story Giant himself will die. And if he does, so will all the stories, and the world will be a poorer, duller, grimmer place. Fifty tales are told within this magical framework in Brian Pattens inimitable style from Bruh Rabbit to the tale of how St George killed the Dragon (except it wasnt St George it was his mother, with a pudding) but none of them are the missing tale. The castle falls; the giant dies. But all is not lost the four children dream themselves back to the ruins to concoct the missing tale themselves

Through the fads and fashions of the last thirty years Brian Patten has remained true to his own personal vision of poetry. Whether composing lamentations to the terrible beauty of human love, or writing his outstanding popular verse for children, he has continued to articulate and illuminate the joys and sorrows of the everyday world.His reputation has been enhanced progressively by each of his collections, and now with translations into numerous languages including Italian, Spanish, German and Polish he is acknowledged as one of Europes foremost contemporary poets. Through his performance work he is certainly one of Britains most popular poets.This new book of poems is Pattens eighth for adults. With its powerful opening section interweaving poems about the death of his mother and memories of his childhood with her, it is at one and the same time his most personal and universal collection. It is a book of remarkable poems offering sharp insights into life and the human condition.

The Mersey Sound is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poets characteristics in style and form. With this modest brief, The Mersey Sound was conceived and first published in 1967. An anthology which features Roger McGoughs work, alongside that of Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets), it went on to sell over half a million copies and to become the bestselling poetry anthology of all time.

Una obra clàssica qeu captivarà de totoes les edats.Lúltim gran son li havia deixat una forta empremta. Va pensar altra vegada en les històries i en els seus esforços per mantenirles vives. El seu ca