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Brian Patten



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Average rating: 4.02 · 1,994 ratings · 258 reviews · 85 distinct works • Similar authors
Story Giant
4.29 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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COLLECTED LOVE POEMS
4.30 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Love Poems
4.23 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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The Puffin Book of Utterly ...
4.21 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Can I Come Too?
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3.75 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions
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Gargling with Jelly
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4.12 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions
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Monster Slayer
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3.64 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions
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Armada
4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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Storm Damage
4.17 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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The Big Snuggle-Up
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3.57 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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“The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.”
― Brian Patten
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“Dreams larger
than ourselves we killed, not wanting
our smallness measured against them."
(poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)”
― Brian Patten, Grinning Jack: Selected Poems
tags: dreams, life
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“So many partings in the mind the heart Has not had the courage to follow through.”
― Brian Patten, Collected Love Poems
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