{"product_id":"collected-poems","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Cope] writes the sort of poems almost no one does any longer . . . She seems always to know what to say, and what to do, in dark moments.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\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 England's 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.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669732622626,"sku":"9780571383252","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_f2b86a5e-fc48-4414-b9c8-178d40a2a949.jpg?v=1779711423","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/collected-poems","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}