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View from the South by Owen Marshall
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning collection of poems from one of New Zealand's most respected writers. David Eggleton wrote of Marshall's poetry in the New Zealand Listenerthat, 'Above all, the poems are redolent of the South Island - all wild winds and dry hills, sleepy summer afternoons, the shimmer of light on lakes, sno ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each. The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019. It takes its title from the French expression Feu de Joie, which refers to a military celebrati ...Show more
Weep Not for Me - In Memory of a Beloved Cat by Constance Jenkins
$14.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful poem to help comfort those who have experienced the loss of a beloved pet.
Dog Poems by Various
$18.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
To Flush, My DogLoving friend, the gift of one,Who, her own true faith, hath run,Through thy lower nature;Be my benediction saidWith my hand upon thy head,Gentle fellow-creature ...-Elizabeth Barrett Browning Since prehistory, dogs have served as man's best friend, giving us loyalty, assistance and boun ...Show more
The White Clock: Poems by Owen Marshall by Owen Marshall
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Delving both into 'the worlds of the mind' and 'where he happens to be', Owen Marshall brings us poetry that is steeped in the Classics, history and literature, and yet is alive with the vivid particulars of damp duffle-coats and hot-air balloons, beer and bicycles, willows and skylarks, kauri gum and l ...Show more
Boundaries: People and Places of Central Otago by Brian Turner; Steve Calveley (Photographer)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
"Brian Turner s name is synonymous with Central Otago albeit a different Central one well removed from the tourist centres and vineyards. His Central is at the boundaries; watching the local rugby teams, fishing the waters of the Manuherikia, cycling towards the snow-covered Hawkdun Range. It s where he ...Show more
The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense Poetry by Edward Lear
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
Written for the poet John Addington Symonds's young daughter Janet while she was ill and confined to her bed, 'The Owl and the Pussycat' sees the two enamoured animals sail away in a boat "for a year and a day / To the land with the bong tree grows", where they get married. Long considered one of the n ...Show more
Cat Poems by Various
$18.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
You Know How a Cat will bring a mouse it has caught and lay it at your feet so each morning I bring you a poem that I've written when I woke up in the night as my tribute to your beauty &a promise of my love.-James Laughlin Across the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship ...Show more
Poems to Fall in Love With by Chris Riddell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In Poems to Fall in Love With Chris Riddell has selected and illustrated his very favourite classic and modern poems about love.This gorgeously illustrated collection celebrates love in all its guises, from silent admiration through passion to tearful resignation. These poems speak of the universal expe ...Show more
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and b ...Show more
Hoard by Fleur Adcock
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Hoard brings together poems Fleur Adcock had to keep under wraps for several years because they didn't suit the themes of her last two collections, The Land Ballot and Glass Wings. They include reflections on the tools of her trade (handwriting, typewriters), snatches of autobiography (a brief, ill-cons ...Show more
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook: 2017 by Jack Ross
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
TERRIFIC NEW NEW ZEALAND POETRYPoetry New Zealand, this country's longest-running poetry magazine, showcases new writing from New Zealand and overseas. It presents the work of talented newcomers as well as that of established voices.Issue #51 features 128 new poems, including work by featured poet Eliza ...Show more