The idea for this book grew out of Wendy Cope's experience of meeting her audience, when reading her poems in schools. This is an edition of the poems which identifies the references, verse-forms, contexts and occasions of her work, and which offers readers a new arrangement of the poetry as a whole. The notes also identify dates of composition, so that it is possible to observe the development of her work. As well as drawing on Wendy Cope's three published books, the selection also includes a significant number of poems collected or published for the first time.
Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006
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A new selection of fully annotated poems - and never before published pieces - that give the reader a unique glance into the writing process of a hugely admired poet.
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Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By T. Cardwell
Format:Hardcover
This is a fantastic selection of Wendy's poems - some from previous anthologies and some previously unpublished ones too (both old and new). A must have for anyone who hasn't read her fabulous poetry before and a great addition for fans with insights from Wendy about each poem in a reference at the rear.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The only problem with this collection is that there's not more.
Wendy Cope's gleeful, impish smile on the cover of the jacket pretty much tells the reader what's going on inside the pages of these selected poems.
Damn, she's good!
The title poem "Two Cures for Love" is only two lines long. Just two lines and yet it makes up the book's title? Can you believe it? But such pithiness and wit is in the poem, it almost hurts to understand how brilliant it is. There are two cures for love and one of them is not to write nor see the person ever again. But what's the second cure? You must read the poem -- or the second line in the poem. Is it really worth the price of the book? Oh, yes, yes! And cheaper than the price of any psychotherapist!
Almost all the poems selected are short on the page; just three are longer than a page, and there's some sonnets in here as well. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why just these sounds that she's composed and not others that might be mentioned are the very ones to make you grin and even squeal with delight -- without revealing a single clue as to how she pulled any of them off.
I loved her poem "Being Boring," "Two Cures for Love" and the one about being in love with A.E. Housman even though he's been dead since 1936 called "Another Unfortunate Choice."
Wendy Cope's poems are so funny, touching and satiric, dour Anita Brookner would be forced to guffaw impuslively if she were given the opportunity to read them. I love this refreshing collection of irreverent, sardonic poems, and they're wonderful to reread, too. I've never met her, but she's been my favorite poet for the last twenty years.
Wendy Cope's gleeful, impish smile on the cover of the jacket pretty much tells the reader what's going on inside the pages of these selected poems.
Damn, she's good!
The title poem "Two Cures for Love" is only two lines long. Just two lines and yet it makes up the book's title? Can you believe it? But such pithiness and wit is in the poem, it almost hurts to understand how brilliant it is. There are two cures for love and one of them is not to write nor see the person ever again. But what's the second cure? You must read the poem -- or the second line in the poem. Is it really worth the price of the book? Oh, yes, yes! And cheaper than the price of any psychotherapist!
Almost all the poems selected are short on the page; just three are longer than a page, and there's some sonnets in here as well. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why just these sounds that she's composed and not others that might be mentioned are the very ones to make you grin and even squeal with delight -- without revealing a single clue as to how she pulled any of them off.
I loved her poem "Being Boring," "Two Cures for Love" and the one about being in love with A.E. Housman even though he's been dead since 1936 called "Another Unfortunate Choice."
Wendy Cope's poems are so funny, touching and satiric, dour Anita Brookner would be forced to guffaw impuslively if she were given the opportunity to read them. I love this refreshing collection of irreverent, sardonic poems, and they're wonderful to reread, too. I've never met her, but she's been my favorite poet for the last twenty years.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By JJ
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the first book of poems by Wendy Cope that I have read and I very much enjoyed it. There is one in particular that stands out for me personally - 'Names' - which will resonate with anyone that has had an aged relative in hospital.
There a poems that are witty and cleverly done like 'A Policeman's Lot' and poems of love when all is rose-tinted and new and others when it goes wrong and dies and some when it is just plain wrong in the first place.
I would definitely like to read more from Wendy Cope
There a poems that are witty and cleverly done like 'A Policeman's Lot' and poems of love when all is rose-tinted and new and others when it goes wrong and dies and some when it is just plain wrong in the first place.
I would definitely like to read more from Wendy Cope
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Wendy Machin
Format:Paperback
I love Wendy Cope's work and already have some of her poems in my head; they come to mind all the time, in all kinds of different situations. They are funny and sad and truthful and ironic by turns, or sometimes all at once. This collection contains a really good cross section from different periods and includes many of my favourites. I gave it recently to a friend who professes not to like poetry and she really loved it too. It has something for (almost) everyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been a big fan of Wendy Cope for about 8 years, when I came across her work in my first year at university. Her critics state that she is a lightweight, that she cannot be considered a 'serious' poet. I beg to differ. She is naturally lighthearted - something you cannot deny as you read her work. But that does not mean that her work does not have depth.
There are layers upon layers in the short, pithy, sentences. Cope is able to use simple language to convey a wealth of emotion, and engages the discerning reader from the very first word. It is this incredible skill which makes her so popular; people of all walks of life and educational backgrounds are touched by her poetry.
I only wish her work was a little more prolific!
There are layers upon layers in the short, pithy, sentences. Cope is able to use simple language to convey a wealth of emotion, and engages the discerning reader from the very first word. It is this incredible skill which makes her so popular; people of all walks of life and educational backgrounds are touched by her poetry.
I only wish her work was a little more prolific!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By C. Arron
Format:Paperback
Wonderful insight to detail of emotions and extraordinary observations of everyday happenings.As fab as Dorothy Parker and Stevie Smith.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Grey Heron
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great collection which explores our foibles as pursuers of love and what that means. Playful, funny, touching, and full of unexpected truths.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wendy Cope never fails to inspire. This book is excellent for just dipping into or reading straight through. She makes me laugh, sometimes cry, but is spot on. "Defining the Problem" just says it all and is a poem that, to me, has been so helpful.
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Beautiful
Beautiful collection of lovely poems that somehow managed to relate to every situation that you might ever have been in.
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Her poems are so clever and I can relate very much to some of them.
Published on 23 Jun 2010 by E. Daniels
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Delightful!
This is a really delightful selection of poems: if you haven't read Wendy Cope before, get this!
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Jenny Cathcart
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