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The daily poem

Brian Patten
Friday 17 December 1993 00:02 GMT
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For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. Following are the details of the publication in which it appears.

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Brian Patten was born in Liverpool in 1946. His collections include Love Poems (Paladin/Allen & Unwin, 1981), Storm Damage (Unwin Hyman, 1988) and Grinning Jack (Unwin, 1990). This poem appears in Thawing Frozen Frogs published by Puffin at pounds 2.99. Copyright Brian Patten.

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