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.

Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. 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. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 was published in 2008.

Start by marking Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis as Want to Read . Wendy Cope was one of those poets, though the poems that make up Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis were entirely new to me.

Start by marking Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. The best thing about this book is the title! What it has to do with Kingsley Amis or cocoa, I have no idea; perhaps it’s an in-joke. In fact this whole book seems like an in-joke for English literature graduates and teachers or poetry buffs; if I’d been one, this would have been more my cup of tea, or indeed cocoa.

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Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis Serious Concerns. Wendy Cope, OBE (born 21 July 1945) is a contemporary English poet. Cholmondeley Award 1987. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Despite her slight output, her books have sold well and she has attracted a popular following with her lighthearted, often comical poetry, as well as achieving literary credibility winning two awards and making an award shortlist over a fourteen-year period. She has a keen eye for the everyday, mundane aspects of English life, especially the desires, frustrations, hopes, confusions and emotions.

Wendy Cope is one of the most acclaimed living comic poets writing in English. One of the most fun things about Wendy Cope’s poetry is her fondness for parody, and she is particularly adept at sending up the ‘bad poet’

Wendy Cope is one of the most acclaimed living comic poets writing in English. 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). Below are ten of Wendy Cope’s finest poems. One of the most fun things about Wendy Cope’s poetry is her fondness for parody, and she is particularly adept at sending up the ‘bad poet’. She even created a fictional bad poet, Jason Strugnell, who borrows from every major poet he can but has delusions of grandeur, poor fellow.

These poems by Wendy Cope include parodies by Jason Strugnell of Radio 3's Shall I Call Thee Bard? . And the third section is entirely devoted to the title of the book: Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis: It was a dream I had last week And some kind of record seemed vital

These poems by Wendy Cope include parodies by Jason Strugnell of Radio 3's Shall I Call Thee Bard? . And the third section is entirely devoted to the title of the book: Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis: It was a dream I had last week And some kind of record seemed vital. I knew it wouldn't be much of a poem But I love the title. That's the third and final section in its entirety. Country of Publication. Literature, Poetry & Criticism.

Scroll down to see how Wendy Cope has annotated this copy of her collection. The annotations are in text format at the bottom of the page.

Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis' is Wendy Cope's debut poetry collection. In the latest in our series of Poetry Book Clubs, Wendy Cope looks back on her 1986 collection ‘Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis’ (Faber)

Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis' is Wendy Cope's debut poetry collection. The book was a bestseller when it was first published in 1986. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Faith Lawrence. In the latest in our series of Poetry Book Clubs, Wendy Cope looks back on her 1986 collection ‘Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis’ (Faber). Wendy’s first collection, the book was critically acclaimed and reached the bestseller lists. She has since become one of the nation’s best-loved poets. Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies.