The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning, and numerous subtleties. Rich with allusions to the religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, ancient literature, and Eliot's own life, the poem continues to ...Show more
Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry by Florence Welch
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
'Songs can be incredibly prophetic . . . like a kind of useless magic.'The complete lyrics by the iconic vocalist of Florence + the Machine, beautifully interwoven with poems, sketches and jottings from her never-before-seen scrapbooks. This is a glimpse into the work and creative processes of a fearles ...Show more
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as Lady Lazarus, Daddy, Edge and Paralytic, were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963. "If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same t ...Show more
The Illustrated Walden: Or, Life in the Woods by THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
$59.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature."Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!"Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, le ...Show more
A Nature Poem For Every Night Of The Year by Jane McMorland Hunter
$37.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Batsford Poetry Anthologies Ser.
Relax and unwind at the end of the day with this calming collection of nature poems--one for each night of the year. Now more than ever we need something to comfort and distract us from the cares of everyday life. Keep this beautiful book by your bedside and enjoy a dreamy stroll through the natura ...Show more
Ten Poems about Baking by HELENA NELSON
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
These ten poems celebrate all that's wonderful about baking the time-honoured recipes, the patient kneading and stirring of ingredients, the sticky fingers in the mixing bowl. Baking, the poems seem to say again and again, is a profoundly human art: a homemade summer pudding can create "a stillness lost ...Show more
Peacock Pie by Walter de la Mare
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A collection of poems first published in 1916, describing the capers of fairies, princes, beasts, children, witches, farmers, and kings.
At the Height of the Moon: A Book of Bedtime Poetry and Art by BAVERSTOCK ALISON
$55.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
This beautifully illustrated collection of nocturnally inspired images and writing introduces children to great art and poetry, while sending them off to a dream-filled sleep. Drawing from centuries of artistic and literary traditions from around the world, this gorgeous bedtime book pairs works of art ...Show more
I Will Always Love You: The Loves, Break-ups and Songs that Have Made History by Marisa Morea (Illustrator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This vibrant book illustrates the failures and fairytales of the musical couples that came together to give us hope about everlasting love. Author Marisa Morea takes us through it all with her playful illustrations and wry storytelling style: from when Leonard Cohen met Janis Joplin in the elevator of t ...Show more
Wild: Poems by Ben Okri
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poems of living and loving from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. Freedom is the most precious commodity in the world. In this powerful collection, the celebrated novelist, essayist, dramatist and poet, Ben Okri, explores the beauty contained in each one of us - the freedom of our spirit, the child ...Show more