Product Description

Collected by one of Britain's foremost poets, "Is that the New Moon?" is a mix of styles and genres by leading women poets including: Grace Nichols, Frances Horovitz, Jenny Joseph, Wendy Cope, Alice Walker, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou and Margaret Atwood. This anthology of poems has been specially compiled with teenage girls in mind but also has much to offer to, and should be enjoyed by teenage boys and adults too. Vibrant, funny, tender, sad and moving poems from the leading women poets of our time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #393498 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
An exceptionally good selection of women's poetry. The Listener A vivid, funny-sad introduction to the power of poetry. Guardian An essential addition to your poetry collection. The English Magazine A most exciting choice of poetry... Women's attitudes to themselves, and to men, their feelings, how girls react to different things are all explored and celebrated in this brilliant anthology. Julia Eccleshare

About the Author
Wendy Cope was born in 1945, and earned a BA from Oxford (1966) and a dipolma from the Westminster College of Education (1967). After teaching for several years at various junior schools in London, she became a freelance writer and columnist. When asked about her work, Cope asserts "I dislike the term 'light verse' because it is used as a way of dismissing poets who allow humour into their work...a humourous poem can also be serious; deeply felt and saying something that matters."

Customer Reviews

some great poems, some alright ones
what's good about this collection is that there are different poetry styles and diverse subject matter. In fact, the only thing really linking them is that they are all by female poets.
However, I found quite a few of the poems rather dull. Perhaps because I like poems with strong imagery or ones that tell a story.
I would recommend the book to those who are already fans of at least some of the writers in this collection, but had I borrowed this first, I wouldn't have been bothered about purchasing it for my bookshelf.