I awoke this morning to the internal recitation of Wendy Cope’s “Loss”, which was unexpected—for I am neither ending a relationship nor lacking a bottle-opener—but not unpleasant—for it is a fine whimsical poem. While not all Cope’s work is as wry—although much of it is—the serious and the whimsical alike build on a solid observation …
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Published on March 09, 2026 09:15