Robert Graves - From Great War Poet to Good-Bye to All That (1895-1929) by Jean Moorcroft Wilson
$55.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves, reprinted almost all the Poems About War in 1988, Graves's status as a 'war poet' seems to have depended mainly on his prose memoir (and best ...Show more
Poems to Fix a F**ked-Up World by Various, Poets
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Sometimes it's hard to keep looking up at the stars when the gutter we're in seems so full of sh*t. But isn't that why we need poetry? Oscar Wilde wrote some of his best poetry when he was in prison for 'the love that dare not speak its name'. Nelson Mandela held fast to his 'unconquerable soul' on Robb ...Show more
Dog Poems by Various
$18.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
To Flush, My Dog Loving friend, the gift of one, Who, her own true faith, hath run, Through thy lower nature; Be my benediction said With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature!.... - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Since prehistory, dogs have served as man's best friend, giving us loyal ...Show more
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
THE NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ESSEX SERPENTOBSERVER BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE'A beautiful, devastating, brilliant book' Marian Keyes'Astonishingly dark, rich storytelling, exquisitely balanced between gothic shocks an ...Show more
The RHS Book of Garden Verse by Royal Horticultural Society
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
From the RHS comes this celebration of the garden through poetry, illustrated with botanical prints, engravings and watercolour drawings from the world-famous Lindley Library. From the Garden of Eden to small backyards, from scented memories to bonfires and neighbour's rights, from suggestive slugs to ...Show more
Rachel McAlpine - How To Be Old by Rachel McAlpine
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Wellington writer Rachel McAlpine blogs and podcasts about living and ageing and is celebrating her 80th birthday with a book of poems. How to Be Old is an explosion of humanity on the page with some practical tips from the author and sage advice from Elsie aged five. Rachel has also written novels, son ...Show more
The Poetry of Horses by Unnamed
$18.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Since prehistory, horses have given us assistance, close companionship and artistic inspiration.Horses offer everything from practical help to brisk exercise to the sheer exhilaration of galloping together across open country. They provide entertaining antics when we're bored and quiet understanding whe ...Show more
Poems About Birds by H. J. Massingham
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them. This annotated edition of Poems About Birds selects the very best from H. J. ...Show more
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life by Ben Crystal, David Crystal
$50.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen.'Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.''Make not your thoughts your prisons.''Wisely and slow. ...Show more
The Flame by Leonard Cohen
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intim ...Show more
Dylan Thomas : Collected Poems 1934-1953 by Dylan Thomas
$31.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Everyman Ser.
The definitive edition of Dylan Thomas's five published volumes of poems: 18 POEMS, TWENTY-FIVE POEMS, THE MAP OF LOVE, DEATHS AND ENTRANCES and IN COUNTRY SLEEP.Dylan Thomas wrote passionately about life in all its moods and moments: from the first thrilling moments of childbirth to the darker moments ...Show more
Poukahangatus by Tayi Tibble
$20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
'This collection speaks about beauty, activism, power and popular culture with compelling guile, a darkness, a deep understanding and sensuality. It dives through noir, whakamā and kitsch and emerges dripping with colour and liquor. There’s whakapapa, funk (in all its connotations) and fetishisation. Th ...Show more