Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems
In this exuberant anthology, Wendy Cope attempts to prove that misery does not have all the best lines. Here is a collection of poems which is unashamedly happy: poems about love, places, the beauty of the natural world, about company and solitude, music, food and drink and books.
In this exuberant anthology, Wendy Cope attempts to prove that misery does not have all the best lines. Here is a collection of poems which is unashamedly happy: poems about love, places, the beauty of the natural world, about company and solitude, music, food and drink and books.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571207060 (0571207065)
ASIN: 0571207065
Publish date: 2001-10-08
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Wendy Cope compiles poems of joy, pleasure and contentment from a range of authors including Betjeman who regales us with seaside golf, Simon Armitage (on a cricket catch), Carol Ann Duffy (about a sleeping child) and Seamus Heaney (on a rain stick). As with any anthology of different authors I enjo...