My heart has made its mind upAnd I'm afraid it's you. The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling and best-loved... Læs mere
Its successor, Serious Concerns has proved even more popular, addressing such topics as 'Bloody Men', 'Men and Their Boring Arguments', 'Two Cures for Love', 'Kindness to Animals' and 'Tumps' (Typically Useless Male Poets).
"Offers parodies of William Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, and Emily Dickinson, and humorous sonnets, haiku, and love poems."
In The Funny Side Wendy Cope, herself one of the funniest poets now writing in English, has collected 101 of the poems that have most amused her. Acknowledged classics of the genre are to... Læs mere
Faber 90th Anniversary edition of Cope's bestselling collection of poems.
For more than thirty years Wendy Cope has been one of the nation's most popular and respected poets. Christmas Poems collects together her best festive poems, including anthology favourites such as 'The Christmas Life', together with new and previously unpublished work.
In her first collection of new poetry since 2011's acclaimed Family Values, Wendy Cope celebrates 'the half-forgotten stories of our lives' with compassion, wisdom and wit.
The idea for this book grew out of Wendy Cope's experience of meeting her audience, when reading her poems in schools. As well as drawing on Wendy Cope's three published books, the selection also includes a significant number of poems collected or published for the first time.
A beautifully illustrated anthology of Wendy Cope's poems, this collection includes well-loved classics such as "Summer Toes" and "Into the Bathtub" as well of lots of... Læs mere
Engaging and fun, this poem is about the school day and is written by award-winning contemporary poet Wendy Cope.
The idea for this book grew out of Wendy Cope's experience of meeting her audience, when reading her poems in schools. As well as drawing on Wendy Cope's three published books, the selection also includes a significant number of poems collected or published for the first time.
A book for anyone who's ever fallen in love, tried to give up smoking, or consoled themselves that they'll never be quite as old as Mick... Læs mere