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From Wendy Cope's book, If I Don't Know.

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February 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
litbowl.bsky.social
Happy Saturday. From Wendy Cope's book, Anecdotal Evidence.

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February 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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December 28, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Be happy about domething small today

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March 9, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Differences of Opinion I: He Tells Her by Wendy Cope
He tells her that the earth is flat — He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He stands his ground. The planet goes on being round.
June 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
orionsgalaxyy.bsky.social
I love this poem 🥹

Should I add something to the back??

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January 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
lilymariemfc.bsky.social
You're probably thinking of the same person as me.

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March 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
kunstseidene.bsky.social
to wendycope should be a verb

How are you wendycoping with him?
kunstseidene.bsky.social Kunstseidene @kunstseidene.bsky.social · Mar 24
Two Cures for Love

Don’t see him. Don’t phone or write a letter.
The easy way: get to know him better.

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March 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
namehereok.bsky.social
“You wouldn’t pardon me for seeing through you…”
-Wendy Cope

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August 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
harlowstanza.bsky.social
Happy National Poetry Day 2025! 🎉
Here is WENDY COPE reading SPARED.
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Wendy Cope poetry reading for Oxfam CD
YouTube video by BushnellMark
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October 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
catsbearsandme.bsky.social
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Here We Are by Wendy Cope
Here we are in our small, chosen city, happy to watch the ducks, the narrowboats, the changing trees. On the other side of the river Long goods trains trundle past. Maersk, China Shipping, China Shipping, Maersk. Big world out there. Ports, oceans, shopping districts. We could be anywhere but this is where we find ourselves, happy to sit beside the river and watch the trains go by.
October 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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I love you. I'm glad I exist 🩷 #wendycope
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
catsbearsandme.bsky.social
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On a Train by Wendy Cope
The book I’ve been reading rests on my knee. You sleep. It’s beautiful out there— fields, little lakes and winter trees in February sunlight, every car park a shining mosaic. Long radiant minutes, your hand in my hand, still warm, still warm.
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Today's Lines at Lunchtime is 'On a Train' by Wendy Cope.

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January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
catsbearsandme.bsky.social
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Engineers' Corner by Wendy Cope
Pre-poem: Why isn't there an Engineers' Corner in Westminster Abbey? In Britain we've always made more fuss of a ballad than a blueprint... How many schoolchildren dream of becoming great engineers? -- advertisement placed in The Times by the Engineering Council Poem: We make more fuss of ballads than of blueprints -- That's why so many poets end up rich, While engineers scrape by in cheerless garrets. Who needs a bridge or dam? Who needs a ditch? Whereas the person who can write a sonnet Has got it made. It's always been the way, For everybody knows that we need poems And everybody reads them every day. Yes, life is hard if you choose engineering -- You're sure to need another job as well; You'll have to plan your projects in the evenings Instead of going out. It must be hell. While well-heeled poets ride around in Daimlers, You'll burn the midnight oil to earn a crust, With no hope of a statue in the Abbey, With no hope, even, of a modest bust. No wonder small boys dream of writing couplets And spurn the bike, the lorry and the train. There's far too much encouragement of poets -- That's why this country's going down the drain.
August 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Flowers by Wendy Cope
Some men never think of it. You did. You’d come along And say you’d nearly brought me flowers But something had gone wrong. The shop was closed. Or you had doubts – The sort that minds like ours Dream up incessantly. You thought I might not want your flowers. It made me smile and hug you then. Now I can only smile. But, look, the flowers you nearly brought Have lasted all this while.
May 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
shizznuggets.bsky.social
What's the use of poetry?
You ask. Well, here's a start:
It's anecdotal evidence.
About the human heart.
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January 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
alphaood.bsky.social
New reads: revisiting a couple of favourite voices and poems for Christmas Eve.
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December 24, 2023 at 8:42 PM
kunstseidene.bsky.social
If you have a crush on Cary Grant, you can always wendycope

I think I am in love with A.E. Housman,
Which puts me in a worse-than-usual-fix.
No woman ever stood a chance with Housman,
And he’s been dead since 1936.

(Serious Concerns)
March 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
catsbearsandme.bsky.social
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Evidence by Wendy Cope
'A great deal of anecdotal evidence suggests that we respond positively to birdsong.' - Scientific researcher quoted in The Daily Telegraph 8.2.2012. Centuries of English verse Suggest the self-same thing: A negative response is rare When birds are heard to sing. What's the use of poetry? You ask. Well, here's a start. It's anecdotal evidence About the human heart.
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I'm almost certain and afraid in the year ahead, the words of Wendy Cope will become more relevant that ever.

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'He tells Her' by Wendy Cope
YouTube video by E.-H. N. (Atelier Vulpecula)
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January 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Shakespeare At School by Wendy Cope
Forty boys on benches with their quills Six days a week through almost all the year, Long hours of Latin with relentless drills And repetition, all enforced by fear. I picture Shakespeare sitting near the back, Indulging in a risky bit of fun By exercising his prodigious knack Of thinking up an idiotic pun, And whispering his gem to other boys, Some of whom could not suppress their mirth – Behaviour that unfailingly annoys Any teacher anywhere on earth. The fun was over when the master spoke: Will Shakespeare, come up here and share the joke.
August 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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POETRY FRIDAY: Raw Beauty/ A Christmas Poem. A mash up poem with seasons greetings from unexpected quarters. alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/raw-...
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Raw Beauty /A Christmas Poem
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December 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The Orange by Wendy Cope
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange— The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange, it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. This is peace and contentment. It’s new. The rest of the day was quite easy. I did all the jobs on my list And enjoyed them and had some time over. I love you. I’m glad I exist.
May 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM