{"title":"Wendy Cope","description":"\u003cp\u003eWendy Cope's work offers a delightful blend of wit, humour and poignant reflection, capturing everyday moments with sharp insight. Her poetry, including collections like \u003cem\u003eThe Orange\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDare To Be True\u003c\/em\u003e, is celebrated for its accessible style and clever use of language that resonates with readers of all backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e realm, Cope’s poems explore themes from love and relationships to the quirks of modern life, often with a playful yet thoughtful tone. 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In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the joy of falling—and being—in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is a book you will want to savour and share with all your friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wendy Cope's readership, numerous and adoring, is the envy of most poets. 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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46522533904620,"sku":"9780571389513","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11571243482391.jpg?v=1749038139"},{"product_id":"serious-concerns-by-wendy-cope-9780571352333","title":"Serious Concerns","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, \u003ci\u003eMaking Cocoa for Kingsley Amis\u003c\/i\u003e, went straight into the bestseller lists. Its successor, \u003ci\u003eSerious Concerns\u003c\/i\u003e, 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532701880556,"sku":"9780571352333","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11199443482391.jpg?v=1749328176"},{"product_id":"collected-poems-by-wendy-cope-9780571383252","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\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.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\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 \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.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eThe River Girl\u003c\/i\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.' 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She took to him immediately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHerbert'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDare to Be True\u003c\/em\u003e, Cope introduces readers to Herbert's poetry and prose with warmth and insight, illuminating his struggle between worldly ambition and spiritual purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Herbert's friendships with John Donne and Lancelot Andrewes, she situates him within the rich world of seventeenth-century literature and faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his celebrated poem Love (III) — described by Simone Weil as \"the most beautiful poem in the world\" — to lesser-known works revealing his honesty and humour, this collection invites a new generation to rediscover the clarity, depth and craftsmanship of Herbert's voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs T. 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