Who is Ozymandias?: And Other Puzzles in Poetry by Professor John Fuller
$26.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Part of the pleasure of poetry is unravelling the mysteries and difficulties it contains and solving the puzzles that lie within. Who, for instance, is Ozymandias? What is the Snark? Who is the Emperor of Ice-Cream? Or indeed, who is 'you' in a poem? In this perceptive and playful new book, acclaimed po ...Show more
Dante: The Divine Comedy by Clive James
$59.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: good
'Finally I realised that I had been practising for this job every time I wrote a quatrain ...I had spent all this time -- the greater part of a lifetime -- preparing my instruments' The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and Clive James's new translation -- his life's work and decades ...Show more
The Poetical Works by Rupert Brooke
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poets of the Great War
No poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the First World War. Published to commemorate the centenary of 1914, this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by l ...Show more
Wilfred Owen by Jon Stallworthy
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poets of the Great War
No poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the First World War. Published to commemorate the centenary of 1914, this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by l ...Show more
Poetry by Heart: Poems for Learning and Reciting by Andrew Motion
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poetry by Heart - based on the hugely successful nationwide schools competition, 200 magical poems to learn by heart. "The poems we learn stay with us for the rest of our lives. They become personal and invaluable, and what's more they are free gifts - there for the taking". (Simon Armitage). Two years ...Show more
Penguin Book of Russian Poetry by Robert Chandler (Editor, Notes by); Boris Dralyuk (Editor, Notes by); Irina Mashinski (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
An enchanting collection of the very best of Russian poetry, edited by acclaimed translator Robert Chandler together with poets Boris Dralyuk and Irina Mashinski In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, poetry's pre-eminence in Russia was unchallenged, with Pushkin and his contemporari ...Show more
You Made Me Late Again! by Pam Ayres
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
With over fifty new poems from Britain?s favourite poet, You Made Me Late Again! is an essential addition to Pam Ayres? incomparable collection of works.Pam?s poems are observant, witty and poignant in equal measure. In 'The Swifts? and 'The Pyracantha Anthem? she marvels at nature, while 'A Patient?s P ...Show more
This Change in the Light by Fiona Kidman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
A superb collection of poetry from one of New Zealand's top writers. Fiona Kidman's exquisite and adroit poetry invites the reader into her life, introducing us to her family, friends and places she has loved. In turn it touches our own experiences, offering universal relevance and insight.
Poems (1930) by W. H. Auden
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Auden's electrifying, enigmatic and extraordinarily influential debut collection was published by Faber in 1930, and simply entitled Poems. For the second edition (1933) he omitted seven items and added new poems in their place. Available again for the first time since 1950, this reissue follows the tex ...Show more
Poetry Notebook (2006-2014) by Clive James
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry has been nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and in this book h ...Show more
Bee Journal (The Birds and the Bees) by Sean Borodale
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Vintage Classic Birds and Bees Ser.
The Birds and the Beesseries was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties, the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural worldBee Journalis a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive. It observes the living architecture of the comb, the range and l ...Show more
Poems for Love: A New Anthology (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Gaby Morgan
$14.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more