the Stockbroker, John Hegley and Benjamin Zephaniah. The Liverpool poets were a strong influence on the late 1970s Kent group The Medway Poets (some of whom later founded the Stuckists art group), and were also involved in reading with them. Alan Bleasdale said, "The poetry of Henri, Patten and McGough has stayed with me for 35 years. The beauty is its accessibility." Roger McGough in a 2019 interview said, "I like to think that young poets on Merseyside will see me as one of their own, a poet they can get along with" See also The Mersey Sound (book) British Poetry since 1945 English poetry Culture of Liverpool Merseybeat Notes and references Further reading Ed. Edward Lucie-Smith (1970), British Poetry Since 1945, Penguin Books. (Includes theoretical writing by Alan Alvarez and Adrian Henri). Ed. Stephen Wade (2001), Gladsongs and Gatherings: Poetry and Its Social Context in Liverpool Since the 1960s, Liverpool University Press. Simon Warner (2007) 'Raising the consciousness? Re-visiting Allen Ginsberg's 1965 Liverpool trip' in Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and Avant Garde, edited by Christoph Grunenberg and Robert Knifton, Liverpool University Press & Chicago University Press External links Article on Adrian Henri The Scaffold and Grimms Essay on Patten with Liverpool poets introduction Interview with Adrian Henri National Portrait Gallery A film of The Liverpool Scene performing "Baby" at Victoria Park, London 1970 English poetry English literary movements Culture in Liverpool 1960s in Liverpool