Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (Faber Pocket Poetry)

wendy cope's delightful collection of poetry sparkles with wit and erudition. the highlight clearly being the title poem and the nursery rhymes. the typically sardonic brit humor shines through in most of her poems and make one laugh out loud. who ever thought reading poetry could be such a delightful experience?however, one does wish there were a few more of her touching and sensitive poems like the one on her lover and the other one about a photograph. clearly the talent is there, maybe she will dish them all out in a separate collection one day.till then enjoy finding out about the cocoa she made for kingsley amis.

I will be forever thankful for the day I picked up this book just for a look ,I read one poem then took it straight to the desk to buy. The next day I went back and bought Serious Concerns another collection of poems by Wendy Cope. There just so damn good. Some are funny. Some are sad. Some are this .Some are that. Some are the other. Everyone I ever lent these books to loved them and then went out and bought their own copies. I cant lend you my copies (lost them moving to NewZealand) but I can recommend that you buy them now.

The fantastic Wendy Cope, with her glib wit and casual satire, has written a beautiful book -- funny, tender, and sarcastic, she turns the literary status quo (two hundred-odd years of pontificating males) on its head and leaves it hanging. She's just far too clever for the boys and we love it. Just buy it. Laugh out loud.