Too Many Cooks

A delightfully eccentric, laugh-out-loud collection of illustrated poems that celebrate the strange, the surreal, and the wonderfully human.

In Too Many Cooks Have a Silver Lining, poet Dick Dixon and acclaimed French illustrator Reine Mazoyer return with their seventh and most joyously unhinged volume - a feast of witty verse and colourful artwork that turns everyday life upside down and shakes out the absurdities hiding in plain sight.

Within these pages you’ll encounter stick-insect companions, moon-based tea catastrophes, villagers resisting robot uprisings, overzealous doctors, philosophical cows, romantic disasters, and even fruit flies with questionable morals. Each poem blends sharp humour, clever wordplay, and unexpected emotional depth, while Mazoyer’s vibrant illustrations bring every scene, character, creature, and cosmic mishap brilliantly to life.

Perfect for readers who enjoy whimsical poetry, comic verse, or the mischievous charm of writers like Shel Silverstein, Spike Milligan, and Pam Ayres, this collection offers a playful escape from modern madness - while slyly reminding us that laughter may be the best defence against a world full of oddities.

Whether gifted to a poetry lover, an art lover, or someone who simply needs a bright spark in their day, Too Many Cooks Have a Silver Lining is a joy from first page to last: warm, ridiculous, reflective, and wonderfully original.

Bold, colourful, surreal, and irresistibly clever - humour and poetry at their most delightfully off-beat.

See more at www.dick-dixon.com