Collected Poems by Wendy Cope

Collected Poems by Wendy CopeThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems. When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986, Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a celebrated poet who was also a best seller. Her artful combination of insight and wit made an extraordinary impact in poems that cocked a gentle snook at the pomposity of a literary world hitherto dominated by

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The pages of history are crammed with stories about love that are

But each advance was fraught with danger

are reliable purveyors of delight

when tragedy strikes Anna's family she takes on a role that she is ill-suited for

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And it’s not as though he knows these people

her downfall

you haven’t got your safety harness on

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full of tenderness – as around it the world shatters

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