Serious Concerns

by Wendy Cope

Published 9 March 1992
Wendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, went straight into the bestseller lists. Its successor, Serious Concerns has proved even more popular, addressing such topics as 'Bloody Men', 'Men and Their Boring Arguments', 'Two Cures for Love', 'Kindness to Animals' and 'Tumps' (Typically Useless Male Poets).

When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was first published, it catapulted its author into the bestseller lists and established her as one of our funniest and most eloquent of poets.

'Cope has an extraordinary canny sense - quite rare among poets - of what will engage a reader's attention.' Poetry Review

'A jet-age Tennyson.' London Review of Books

'Like Larkin and Harrison, Cope has proven that a popular poetry is possible without compromising quality.' Acumen Series