Wendy Cope is brilliant at writing poems about the simplest of subjects, the smallest of moments and crafting them into something less ordinary. You end up looking at something in a different way. That’s the magic poetry possesses, right?  
You read through the poems in If I Don't Know and then you get to the long form poem The Teacher’s Tale, which blew me away. It demonstrates the effect a kind teacher can have on your entire life, as well as the result of living in a purely functional home as you grow up. It evoked memories of similar experiences I had growing up. 

I don’t go to parties. Well, what are they for, 

If you don’t need to find a new lover? 

You drink and you listen and drink a bit more

And you take the next day to recover.

Someone to stay home with was all my desire

And, now that I’ve found a safe mooring,

I’ve just one ambition in life: I aspire 

To go on and on being boring.

If I Don’t Know by Wendy Cope

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