{"product_id":"collected-poems-wendy-cope-9780571383252","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Her poetry stands unsurpassed in its popularity and technical accomplishment - there's no better contemporary writer of forms such as the triolet - and in the wit, acuity and seriousness of purpose with which she shows us what it is to be human.\" - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eMaking Cocoa for Kingsley Amis\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough four further collections, Cope has continued to delight her readers while finding a whole new generation of enthusiasts through her poem \"The Orange\". 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 memorable. \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates a lifetime's achievement by a poet who has been original and distinctive from the very start, and provides the perfect accompaniment to the trials, tribulations and joys of our all too human lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Cope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571383254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571383252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Wendy Cope","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571400233215,"sku":"9780571383252","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9952be1-b126-4a84-848f-7ca71c278d8a.jpg?v=1738808124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-poems-wendy-cope-9780571383252","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}