Collected Poems by Wendy Cope Eleni Vakalo the men are gathered into

the men are gathered into a dream of ‘a first and final home’ beyond the wrecked landscapes

Her melancholic examinations recall life’s uncanny ability to transform ordinary places – subways

For everyone who felt a loss when the gap was just a gap once more

and finding that home is half way between refuge and a place to look out from at the unsettling and unsettled world

Collected Poems by Wendy Cope Eleni Vakalo the men are gathered intoThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems. When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986, Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a celebrated poet who was also a best seller. Her artful combination of insight and wit made an extraordinary impact in poems that cocked a gentle snook at the pomposity of a literary world hitherto dominated by