The Oxford Book of War Poetry by Edited by Jon Stallworthy
$36.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. The 250 poems in John Stallworthy's classic and celebrated anthology span centuries of human experience of war, from David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan, and Homer's Iliad, to the finest poems of th ...Show more
Surgically Enhanced by Pam Ayres
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Includes black and white line drawings. Pam Ayres is one of our most widely-adored poets throughout the world and is nothing less than a national treasure. Her work is popular with fans of all ages, and her wry observations on the peculiarities of modern life will raise a smile from even the most harden ...Show more
James K. Baxter - Poems selected and introduced by Sam Hunt by James K. Baxter; Sam Hunt
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Poet and performer Sam Hunt first became aware of the poems of James K Baxter as a schoolboy. Aged 14, he was strapped for reciting Baxter's poem 'Evidence at the Witch Trials' in an English lesson (one of the final in a series of events resulting in his expulsion from college). James K Baxter later bec ...Show more
The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Siegfried Sassoon is one of the First World War poets whose poetry has defined a generation. He published most of his war poetry in "The Old Huntsman" (1917) and "Counter-Attack" (1918). Chronologically ordered, the poems in this collection act as a timeline for the war, bringing to life the extraordina ...Show more
As Day Dawns by Helen Jaeger
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Hope, enthusiasm, peace...so important, but so hard to find. This beautifully illustrated book explores how we can begin each day with hope and purpose in the different situations that face us: for example, when we are busy or tired, when we are in a time of transition or waiting, or when we are experie ...Show more
1914: Poetry Remembers by Carol Ann Duffy
$36.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First World War in 2014, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has engaged the most eminent poets of the present to choose the writing from the Grea ...Show more
Acorn by Yoko Ono
$37.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
"It's nearly 50 years ago that my book of conceptual instructions Grapefruit was first published. In these pages I'm picking up where I left off. After each day of sharing the instructions you should feel free to question, discuss, and/or report what your mind tells you. I'm just planting the seeds. Hav ...Show more
The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump by Robert Sears
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
What if there's a hidden dimension to Donald Trump; a sensitive, poetic side? Driven by this question, Rob Sears began combing Trump's words for signs of poetry. What he found was a revelation. By simply taking the 45th President of the United States' tweets and transcripts, cutting them up and reorder ...Show more
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2018 by Jack Ross
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: good
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, 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. This issue features the winning entries of the Poetry New Zealand competition, as well as ov ...Show more
Poems to Fall in Love With by Chris Riddell, Various
$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 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