Wendy Cope

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 poets. In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling—and being—in love to ways to help you deal...

Wendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, went straight into the bestseller lists. 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 beautifully designed edition forms part of a...

'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.' Guardian This volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected...

When celebrated poet Wendy Cope first encountered the work of George Herbert, she was captivated by his wit, craftsmanship and depth of thought. She took to him immediately. Herbert's verse, playful in form yet profound in reflection, continues to speak across the centuries, uniting poetic artistry with questions of meaning, belief and the human condition. In Dare to Be True,...

Shortlisted for the Walcott Prize '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.' Guardian This volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our...