PublishedFaber Poetry, April 2024 |
ISBN9780571389513 |
FormatHardcover, 48 pages |
Dimensions18.5cm × 12.3cm × 0.9cm |
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 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.' 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.' Sunday Times
Izzy has a background in English literature and creative writing. She is our arts and design aficionado here at Boffins and enjoys reading biographies, poetry, and modern classics. She has a keen interest in film and music and will always be up for a chat about The Beatles or Bruce Springsteen.
Wendy Cope's poetry lives in the small moments of life - it is all at once moving, gentle and laugh-out-loud funny. My favourites are, 'The Orange'; 'After the Lunch', and 'Valentine'. Izzy
