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Serious Concerns
Serious Concerns | Wendy Cope
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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).
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"Bloody men are like bloody buses -
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear."

- Bloody Men

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

bibliothecarivs I'm intrigued by this cover. Was your copy published around 2009, as the Litsy listing indicates? If so, that's some serious retro design. I would have thought it was decades earlier. 13h
bibliothecarivs And I just noticed there's something about it being an anniversary edition on the cover, though my phone won't allow me to enlarge the image so I can't read the number. Also, I like the cover! I think it's to do with the wood grain and that classic font. 13h
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs This edition was published in 2019 as one of the Faber 90 poetry series. They were celebrating 90 years of publishing and reissued a poetry book from each decade. This one was originally published in 1992. The cover image is a detail from a 1968 woodcut titled Blue Spectrum by Peter Green. The full image is at the link below, and I'd recommend looking through his galleries 😍 7h
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Also, if your phone settings has accessibility functions, you might find a screen magnifier tool in there 📱🔍😊 7h
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Amazingly for me, I've started my Christmas shopping before December! 🎁
The lamp is a gift for our daughter's partner, the books are (for no special reason) for me 😁
• Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope: amusing poetry about relationships (it appears from a quick browse) 💔
• The Best of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis: more amusing poetry, written by a cockroach 🪳
• Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland: nature writing and folklore 🌳🧚🏻‍♀️

LeahBergen I always buy myself books when I‘m Christmas shopping for others, too 😆 3d
Bookwomble @LeahBergen It's a harmless by-product of shopping! 📚😌 3d
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I was going to go hang out with friends tonight, but then the thought of staying in and cozying up with some books and a blanket was too appealing. The only struggle is choosing which books to read! I'm starting off with this poetry collection recommended by one of my favorite booktubers. 📚

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merelybookish
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This guy sound like a mansplaining #jerk. 🙄
#poetrymatters @TheSpineView

DivineDiana He certainly does! 3y
TheSpineView Yeap! 3y
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TheEllieMo
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#Share #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView

I love this little ode to how simple things can bring us such pleasure. I feel we need to find such pleasure as much as we can right now.

ItsAnotherJen 🤗❤ 5y
TheSpineView We forget about the simple things sometimes. Thanks for the reminder! 🧡 5y
BookishMe 🍊❣️🍊 5y
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TheEllieMo
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Wendy Cope nailing mansplaining before the term had been coined!

#Opinion #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView

TheSpineView I just posted the same poem! Great minds!😋 5y
TheEllieMo @TheSpineView it‘s a good one 👍🏻 5y
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TheSpineView Sweet poem!🥰 5y
EadieB @TheSpineView I like this one too! 5y
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merelybookish
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The overthinker's love poem
#smile #poetrymatters @LazyDays

LazyDays Wow. 👏😊 6y
batsy ❤️ 6y
Tanisha_A 😀👏 6y
BookishMe Over thinker 😄😄 6y
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Ms_T Or chocolate 🍫 7y
BarbaraBB Ha ha, exactly 🍷🥂🍹 7y
TheKidUpstairs 😂😂😂 7y
Cinfhen Fantastic!!! #WineTimeWins 😂😊🍷 7y
Cathythoughts 😂😉🍷 7y
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