Love Poems

by Brian Patten

unwin pbk,1986

Genres: Poetry, Poetry Plays

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 1991

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed these! Bought for me as a gift on my first date from a secondhand bookshop. My favourite poem is definitely ' A blade of grass'.

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite poetry book from when I was a teenager in the 80s - thrilled to find it again recently in a charity shop. Will treasure it!

[erris · Rating 5 out of 5]

for a book about love poems ~ there was just a lot of love
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my favourite poem was 'A few questions about Romeo' because jesus christ! yeah! that poem gets me so badly
what if what if what if what if
"what if he'd had a revelation from which Juliet was absent? ... what if, unromantic as it seems, her mouth, eyes, cheeks and breasts suddenly became ornaments on a frame common as any girl's?" because I love romeo and juliet. i will defend it to the death. romeo - what if it's not what we think. we guess so much. humans guess so much. and as unlikely as it seems there is always another possible explanation. we know so much and we know literally nothing

other favourite poems were:
-song for last year's wife
-on time for once
-someone coming back
-a blade of grass
-in your turning against the walls
-angel wings
-one another's light
-no taxis available
-forgetmenot
-reading between graffiti
-near the factory where they make the lilac perfume
-sometimes it happens
-and heart is daft
-the stolen orange
-hesitant
-road song
-you go into town

[Catherine Hepple · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful, moving poetry. Discovered this collection in my twenties and have treasured it ever since 💜

[Lysergius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps its my age, but these poems don't strike the spark that his earlier work did. This is a collection culled from other publications, maybe that is it. It lacks anything other than a unifying theme...