It's the birthday of novelist John Gardner, born in Batavia, New York (1933). You watch yourself. / Never trust a journalist”, begins ‘How to Deal with the Press’, a villanelle published in 2001’s If I Don’t Know, Wendy Cope’s third collection of poetry. The first half of this collection can be somewhat random at times, but there are stand outs like. Poem: My Funeral by Wendy Cope The following poem was read out on the BBC's Woman's Hour programme last week...it made a lot of celebrants smile... My Funeral by Wendy Cope. -- Wendy Cope. Instead she is reflecting with a more gentle humour on her own poetic process (and four of the poems come from her month-long … Cope started out as a teacher and worked for a number of years in several of London's junior schools before becoming a freelance writer and columnist. Following her graduation from St Hilda', Cope spent 15 years as a primary-school teacher. She taught primary school for fifteen years before working as an editor and critic. Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent in 1945 and read History at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. I’m wary of these words as I speak to the poet down a crackly phone line, she at her home in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and me in my college bedroom, tracing my fingertips along the spines of my collection of coloured Faber poetry editions. ... British poet whose works include If I Don’t Know and Serious Concerns. Häftad Engelska, 2001-06-01. ', I have nothing to say. He Tells Her (for Ruth B.) Wendy Cope was educated at Farringtons School, Chislehurst, London and then, after finishing university at St Hilda's College, Oxford, she worked for 15 years as a primary school teacher in London. I used to think all poets were Byronic– Mad, bad and dangerous to know. The funny poems are unfunny. In this “If I Don’t Know” collection she is older, softer, more reflective. Ely, 27th of March 2018 Wendy Cope received us at her house on a slightly cold English morning. Help with high fantasy book from before the 00's. May 20, 2019 - Explore Viv Smith's board "Wendy Cope poems" on Pinterest. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Wendy Cope. I think I am in love with A.E. 1945) is a poet whose witty lyrics and pitch-perfect parodies have gained her a readership far beyond most of her peers. It's full of thoughtful, funny and human poems. She now lives in Ely with the poet Lachlan Mackinnon. I get on with my work. I look at Kipling and I see how he invented his own forms - and I mean I occasionally do do that now - I occasionally...I realise I don't have to restrict myself to forms that have been used in the past; I can … Explore Wendy Cope's biography, personal life, family and real age. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Born in Erith, Kent, she read History at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Fri frakt inom Sverige över 159 kr för privatpersoner. southsideblues posted this . I loved the poem about pigs too, and the reflections of a single sock. ‘Engineers’ Corner’. If I Don't Know by Wendy Cope extends the variousness of the occasions in which Cope's formidable abilities for finding the comedy of the examined life can shine. Very witty, very poignant. A very good poetry collection. But there are also poems of sudden piercing beauty and sadness like her tribu. She's known for her humorous poems in collections like Men and Their Boring Arguments (1988) and her most recent collection If I Don't Know (2001). Wendy Cope is one of the few modern British poets to regularly enter the bestsellers list and, with her book of verses If I Don't Know, it is easy to see why. Stream 199 If I Don't Know by Wendy Cope by Samuel West #PandemicPoems from desktop or your mobile device. Interviewing Wendy Cope. 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