Bibliography
Cope's poetry for adults
- (1986) Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (Faber and Faber)
- (1992) Serious Concerns (Faber and Faber)
- (2001) If I Don't Know (Faber and Faber)
- (2011) Family Values (Faber and Faber)
- (1988) Twiddling Your Thumbs (Faber and Faber)
- (1991) The River Girl (Faber and Faber)
- (1980) Across the City [limited edition] (Priapus Press)
- (1984) Hope and the 42 (Other Branch Readings)
- (1986) Poem from a Colour Chart of House Paints [limited edition] (Priapus Press)
- (1988) Does She Like Word Games? (Anvil Press Poetry)
- (1988) Men and Their Boring Arguments (Wykeham)
- (1994) The Squirrel and the Crow (Prospero Poets)
- (2008) Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 (Faber and Faber)
- (1989) Is That the New Moon? [editor] (HarperCollins)
- (1993) The Orchard Book of Funny Poems [editor] (Orchard)
- (1996) Casting a Spell [contributor] (Faber and Faber)
- (1998) The Funny Side: 101 Humorous Poems [editor] (Faber and Faber)
- (1999) The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories [editor] (Faber and Faber)
- (2000) The Orchard Book of Funny Poems [editor] (Orchard)
- (2001) Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems [editor] (Faber and Faber)
- (2002) Is That The New Moon?: Poems by Women Poets [selector] (Collins)
- (2003) George Herbert: Verse and Prose [selector and introduction] (SPCK)