{"product_id":"collected-poems-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCope, Wendy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWendy Cope\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Orange and other poems\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2023.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552892518674,"sku":"9780571383252","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20c0b8cc-9040-4c2e-8a9b-c6669fe7a3b3.jpg?v=1754910801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9780571383252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}