Collected Poems av Wendy Cope

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<p><b>This volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.</b><br><br>When <i>Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis</i> 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 men.<br><br>Through four further collections, Cope has continued to delight her readers while finding a whole new generation of enthusiasts when her poem ¿The Orange¿ went viral. Together these poems catalogue the desires and fears that underlie our ordinary existences ¿ love and heartbreak, disappointment and a hard-won capacity to find happiness, even if only in the form of a poem.. In their profound attention to and encapsulation of the everyday, these poems serve to make our own lives the more remarkable and memor