For Those Who Have Grown To Love Wendy Cope, And For Others Who Might Feel Inspired To Do So In fact for the Wendy Cope in Each One of Us.......

People can no longer feel
Poetry can no longer heal

Wendy Cope
You have no hope

People have lost their sense of humour
All they thirst for is rumour

Wendy Cope
You have no hope

The love for words has gone
People no longer read till morn

Wendy Cope
You have no hope

Today's poems ring with forced rhyme
Or then draw crowds by wallowing in grime

Wendy Cope
You have no hope

Maybe you realised this pain
Felt your expressions were all in vain
Yet for those who feel, please do write
And shake them to the core, with your might
The little that this might do
Will no doubt be their tribute to you

So, don't lose hope
Dear Wendy Cope