The Mersey Sound: Restored 50th Anniversary Edition John Birtwhistle Here we find both violence

Here we find both violence and desire at the level of the word

Isabelle Baafi reminds us of the importance of self-determination

bold imaginative strokes

as they bark

The Mersey Sound: Restored 50th Anniversary Edition John Birtwhistle Here we find both violence'I wanted your soft verges But you gave me the hard shoulder' The Mersey Sound brought poetry down from the shelf and on to the street, capturing the mood of the Sixties and speaking to real lives with its irreverent, wry, freewheeling verses of young love, petrol pump attendants, CND leaflets and bus journey capers. Bringing together the hugely influential work of Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten the 'Liverpool Poets' this perennially