{"product_id":"come-on-everybody","title":"Come On Everybody","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome On Everybody\u003c\/em\u003e brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from \u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e (1964) to \u003cem\u003eTell Me Lies\u003c\/em\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis poetry''s simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards that poetry is first and foremost an assertion of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs, Mitchell reported back for over half a century from a world blighted by war, compromise, double-talk and pragmatism without losing his innocence, integrity and impish sense of humour. Angela Carter described him as a ''joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe''.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317202264446,"sku":"NW9781852249465","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781852249465.jpg?v=1779358199","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/come-on-everybody","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}