Green Rain by Alistair Clarke
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Alastair Clarke’s poetry considerably addresses his re-seeing his country after living for many years overseas. Though this element is not explicit, it does underlie the feelings and ideas of much of the poetry. Returning to live in the Wairarapa - a rich, wide valley bordered by mountains (frequently ...Show more
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (PB) by T. S. Eliot
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containing enchanting new colour illustrations by Julia Sarda.The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,It isn't just one of your holiday games;You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatterWhen I tell you, a ca ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this book, completed before just before his death, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.In the last months of his life, his vision impaired by surgery and unable to read, Clive James exp ...Show more
Big Fat Brown Bitch by Tusiata Avia
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Admire my big fat brown body, bitches! Admire it! The Big Fat Brown Bitch runs, sleeps, cries, laughs, splits open. She is sitting in a garage in South Auckland with her two brothers and discussing the majestic architecture of atoms. She is playing an audio book of The Power of Positive Thinking at hers ...Show more
Harmony: poems to find peace by Whitney Hanson
$37.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
From TikTok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring the progression of a life through the elements of musicIn this collection of all new poems, Whitney Hanson explores the progression of a life through the lens of music. We each begin with a simple note, but as life progress ...Show more
Circadia by Judith Bishop
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Perched on a tablecloth with glasses for a summer drink- life, on its haunches like a kitten, thoughtful. Extending a paw- What happens if? Circadia is a shattering testament to the fragility of life and the weight of the present. Exquisitely attuned to atmosphere and emotion, Judith Bishop's poems grie ...Show more
Duino Elegies: The Original English translation of the Classic Poetry Cycle by Rainer Maria Rilke
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Duineser Elegien Elegies from the Castle of Duino. The original English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, translated from the German by Vita and Edward Sackville-West. With an Introduction by Lesley Chamberlain.
Curly Verse: Selected Poems - Popular Penguins by Michael Leunig
$13.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
In this selection of poems covering the period 1972 to 2002. This beautifully elegant volume excludes the cartoon element, focusing on Leunig's brilliant texts, with all their absurdity, hilarity, poignancy and joyfulness. Michael Leunig pokes fun at human folly and pretentiousness, deplores the idiocy ...Show more
How to Be Happy Though Human - New and Selected Poems by Kate Camp
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
A timely collection of new and previously published work by one of Aotearoa’s most acclaimed poets, How to Be Happy Though Human is Kate Camp’s superb seventh book of poetry.It is published simultaneously in Canada and the United States by House of Anansi Press. Kate Camp’s poetry has been described by ...Show more
Actions and Travels - How Poetry Works by Anna Jackson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
A brilliant introduction to how poetry works through one hundred poems.Through illuminating readings of one hundred poems - from Catullus to Alice Oswald, Shakespeare to Hera Lindsay Bird - Actions & Travels is an engaging introduction to how poetry works. Ten chapters look at simplicity and resonan ...Show more
The Poetry of Birds by Samuel Carr
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to birds for inspiration. In this collection Audubon's iconic birds illuminate, as well as illustrate, the poems. Since the poets and the painters here ...Show more
Paradise Lost & Other Poems by Milton, John
$59.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence, Paradise Lost has been fully revised with an introduction by John Leonard in Penguin Classics.In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ...Show more