Wendy Cope (born 21 July 1945) is a contemporary English poet. Wendy Cope is best known for the flippant satirical verse of “Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis”. Names Lyrics. Cope taught in primary schools for many years before publishing her first book of poetry, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (1986). She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Welcome back. 'We were friends at school. Cope is one of the best-known and among the bestselling British poets of recent decades. Here are no limerick parodies of Eliot or Shakespeare, or poems skewering her invented poet Strugnall. May 20, 2019 - Explore Viv Smith's board "Wendy Cope poems" on Pinterest. 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). She's known for her humorous poems in collections like Men and Their Boring Arguments (1988) and her most recent collection If I Don't Know (2001). To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Häftad. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986 and her most recent, Anecdotal Evidence, in 2018. This collection of poems from Wendy Cope reveals a softer lyrical voice, also present in her earlier books, but here given more room to develop in poems about gardens and contentment, and the poignancy of having something to lose. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Köp. In this “If I Don’t Know” collection she is older, softer, more reflective. I had a slight cold but it's better today. I love the faber faber poetry collection they feel so great and when I got this book for £1.60 I was in love with it before even reading it. Wendy Cope is one of the few modern British poets to regularly enter the bestsellers list and, with her book of verses If I Don't Know, it is easy to see why.Cope started out as a teacher and worked for a number of years in several of London's junior schools before becoming a … Wendy Cope (born 21 July 1945) is a contemporary English poet. It's full of thoughtful, funny and human poems. Ninth House Leigh Bardugo Häftad. Hello Select your address Best Sellers Today's Deals Electronics Customer Service Books New Releases Home Gift Ideas Computers Gift Cards Sell Trivia. What's not to like? *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Christmas Life by Wendy Cope (taken from The Book of Christmas edited by Fiona Waters and mentioned in a previous post).This poem was previously published in If I Don’t Know (Faber).. She earned a BA in history and trained as a teacher at Oxford University. 109. Wendy Cope’s poetry is perhaps best known for its humour and wit. Wendy Cope is best known for the flippant satirical verse of Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis. Häftad Engelska, 2001-06-01. See more ideas about wendy cope, wendy cope poems, poems. Wendy Cope (b. In this “If I Don’t Know” collection she is older, softer, more reflective. I really enjoy Cope's nature poems and her poems about writing itself. A very good poetry collection. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. It's the birthday of poet Wendy Cope, born in Erith, Kent, England (1945). Following her graduation from St Hilda', Cope spent 15 years as a primary-school teacher. If nothing much happens, I’m thankful. And then I met a few. Such is an example of the day-to-day events which work themselves into Cope’s poems. 309. Her published collections have been irregular, though always critically well-received: Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986, followed by 1992’s Serious Concerns, 2001’s If I Don’t Know … Ely, 27th of March 2018 Wendy Cope received us at her house on a slightly cold English morning. 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). This follow-up volume to Wendy Cope's brilliant "Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis" is sad and disappointing. Her lines still bite, as in the couplet Two Cures for Love: 1. Like a braggy yet boring family newsletter subtly trying to overcompensate for its self-acknowledged mediocrity. Her lines still bite, as in the couplet Two Cures for Love: 1. But now she thinks her work may have come to an end Will tell you. ... British poet whose works include If I Don't Know and Serious Concerns. Wendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, went straight into the bestseller lists. This is a favorite and not-too-anthologized poem of mine—Housman had a lifelong interest in astronomy (hence Manilius) ... and Wendy Cope - might like to proceed to Gavin Ewart next! I get on with my work. “The Sorrow of Socks” is genius :-D. Lovely collection of comic and tragic poetry. I like her humorous poems less, and there are a lot of those in this collection. I don't listen to music or anything when I'm writing because if I've got music on I listen to it - I can't concentrate on my work. Wendy Cope. Another collection from Wendy Cope that demonstrates that there’s a place for humour in serious poetry. Triolet by Wendy Cope I used to think all poets were Byronic– Mad, bad and dangerous to know. 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). Cope was born in Erith, Kent, and educated at Farringtons School, Chislehurst, London. Here are no limerick parodies of Eliot or Shakespeare, or poems skewering her invented poet Strugnall. In this If I Dont Know collection she is older, softer, more reflective. Wendy Cope muses on the lines that keep coming back, the challenges of formal verse and how a poem can be seriously funny. At PoemSearcher.com find thousands of poems categorized into thousands of categories. Since her first collection appeared in 1986, she has published a handful of popular volumes of comic verse, though she can also write ‘straight’ poetry very successfully too (as the last poem in this list testifies). Relations between men and women remains a key theme of her writing and she has lost nothing of her wit in describing the follies of both. The tone is set by the first poem, “By the Round Pond”, linked to a painting by Peter Rodulfo: Cope has a way of making profound statements within the guise of a light and funny poem. Her poetry scans, rhymes, moves and challenges. :) (Really, I don't mean you!) I'm content with the way things are going. The Saturday poem Wendy Cope. In 1981, she became Arts and Reviews editor for the Inner London Education Authority magazine, Contact. To see what your friends thought of this book, ADORED. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. "There's a story of how a depressed primary school teacher became quite a well-known poet." Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 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