Wendy Cope
Wendy Cope
Wendy Cope, OBEis a contemporary English poet. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She now lives in Ely with her husband, the poet Lachlan Mackinnon...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 July 1945
Wendy Cope quotes about
wife poetry reason
The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.
never-trust journalist
Never trust a journalist.
goodbye song heart
On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove And try not to notice I've fallen in love On Waterloo Bridge I am trying to think: This is nothing. you're high on the charm and the drink. But the juke-box inside me is playing a song That says something different. And when was it wrong? On Waterloo Bridge with the wind in my hair I am tempted to skip. You're a fool. I don't care. the head does its best but the heart is the boss- I admit it before I am halfway across
happy-life thinking plot
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.