Published by Faber Faber Wendy Copes Christmas Poems is available now on Amazon and in all good book stores.

Christmas poem wendy cope. I love this collection and it includes some of my favourites of her poems. My little out loud poetry reading is my Festive gift to you. Christmas Poems Wendy Cope March 17 2020 February 27 2020 itsonlywordsand I know it isnt Christmas but this book has just floated to the top of my to be read pile I know Wendy Copes poetry will make me laugh probably out loud in an inappropriate place and I knew that if I put it back into the piles to read closer to Christmas I would forget about it.

I love Copes short seasonal poem capturing what so many of us feel over these hectic few weeks. She earned a BA in history and trained as a teacher at Oxford University. Below are ten of Wendy Copes finest poems.

It may be a sign of life - a few sentences in a shaky hand I hope that you are well. I have never read a poem by Wendy Cope and not been either moved or made to smile. She now lives in Ely with the poet Lachlan Mackinnon.

If you havent thought about going to a carol service this year why not add it to your Christmas to do list. I am very sorry to tell you This year two cards both to widowers came winging back with labels. A Christmas Poem Wendy Cope He tells her Wendy Cope Thoughts after the film Slacker Simon Davies Beware the Books Imtiaz Dharker vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam Ernest Dowson Antidotes to Fear of Death Rebecca Elson atlas UA Fanthorpe A Time to Talk Robert Frost.

Since her first collection appeared in 1986 she has published a handful of popular volumes of comic verse though she can also write straight poetry very successfully too as the last poem in this list testifies. Wendy Cope born 21 July 1945 is a contemporary English poet. By Wendy Cope from If I Dont Know Faber and included in Light Unlocked.

But in the meantime since it is still the Christmas season after all for the unaware or ignorant Twelfth Night is not till Saturday and the 12th day of Christmas is actually this coming Sunday here is a poignant poem from the Christmas edition of The Spectator by the sensitive and humane poet Wendy Cope. Ahhh my sentiments exactly especially in the wake of the Turkey-Thon last week. Bloody Christmas here again.