I Think of You by Alexander McCall Smith
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Living what the philosophers call a good life is not always easy. If there is a single human quality that most of us value above others it is kindness. Love and kindness are at the heart of this new collection by Alexander McCall Smith. In each of these poems the author explores and celebrates, life, lo ...Show more
Ten Poems about Swimming by SAMANTHA WYNNE-RHYDDERCH
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
There's something at once elemental and child-like about moving through water whether we paddle like a dog or can manage an elegant crawl. These delightful poems explore the many joys of swimming in pools, rivers and oceans. We travel all the way from a child learning to swim at home on a piano stool to ...Show more
The Hawk in the Rain by Ted Hughes
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
This multi-award winning collection, the first from Ted Hughes, has at its heart the mixture of beauty and violence in the natural world. Dedicated to Sylvia Plath, The Hawk in the Rain is a stunning collection of poems on the themes of competition and the struggle for survival. Hughes would go on to be ...Show more
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
The #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. This clothbound edition features deckled edg ...Show more
Night Horse by Smither Elizabeth
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
In Elizabeth Smither's eighteenth collection of poetry her words are as vital as ever. The poems take the everyday - mothers and daughters, cats and horses, books and bowls, slippers and shirts - and transform them into something fresh: sometimes surreal, sometimes funny, often enchanted. And throughout ...Show more
Cats (Letters of Note) by Shaun Usher
$16.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
An irresistible feline-themed selection of letters from the curator of the globally renowned Letters of Note website.
Chinese Voices - Classical Poetry by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Zu-Yan Chen (Foreword by)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Verse to Inspire Ser.
The Chinese poetic tradition, which dates back to almost 1,000 B.C., is one of the most cherished parts of the nation's cultural heritage. This collection of translated classical poems are a stunning chronicle of Chinese life, culture and history, and remain as compelling today as ever. Moreover, their ...Show more
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem by Amanda Gorman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. "Stunning" CNN "Dynamic" NPR "Deeply rousing and uplifting" Vogue On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to delive ...Show more
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Popular Penguins by William Shakespeare
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins
William Shakespeare's sonnets are a beautiful expression of a range of human emotions - from love to grief, anger, jealousy and lust. Including the instantly recognisable 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' as well as a range of other equally moving works, this compilation brings together the compl ...Show more
The Heart of Things: On Memory and Lament by Richard Holloway
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and guidance in the face of life's challenges. Now he shares those poems and words which have been his own guide, offered in the hope they ...Show more
Upturned by Kay McKenzie Cooke
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Kay McKenzie Cooke chronicles life as it comes to her – the quotidian happenings in and around her home in Dunedin and further south where she grew up, and not-so-ordinary upturned world she experiences when she visits her son in Berlin. And then there are those things that seem ordinary enough until th ...Show more
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Fiona Waters
$55.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poetry Collections
A breathtaking anthology featuring an animal poem for every day of the year illustated by award-winning artist, Britta Teckentrup. This lavishly illustrated gift book treasury of 366 animal poems ranges from unforgettable classics to contemporary works from around the world, including poetry in translat ...Show more