{"product_id":"collected-poems-by-wendy-cope-9780571383269","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Walcott Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eMaking Cocoa for Kingsley Amis\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough 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 memorable. \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection also features Nick Garland's original illustrations for \u003cem\u003eThe River Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.' Rishi Dastidar, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'We can love Wendy Cope's words ... for the rhymes they reveal but also for the sad truths they speak.' Adam Gopnik, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One has to go back to Byron to find a poet as consistently witty, wide-ranging and technically outstanding as Cope.' \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'We need not wonder at Wendy Cope's continued, wide appeal. She writes poems that people want to read, and this is how poems survive.' \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wit and heart? Cope's fans should rest assured there are enough gems here with both.' \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wendy Cope's real strength lies not in charm or insight (she has buckets of both) but in the pitch-perfect exactitude of her writing.' \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Her poems are moving, memorable, funny, clever; they alert readers to what it means to be human.' \u003cem\u003ePN Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Any book of [Cope's] work is a national treasure chest ... her work has, with care and precision, given us pathways to negotiate the world ... Her \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is as human as an embrace.' Ian McMillan, \u003cem\u003eBBC Radio 4's The Verb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47495392461036,"sku":"9780571383269","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571383269-collected-poems.jpg?v=1775794382","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/collected-poems-by-wendy-cope-9780571383269","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}