The Picador Book of Birth Poems by Kate Clanchy
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 16
Essential inspiration for welcoming a new child into the world - chosen by award-winning poet Kate Clanchy. Where do we find the words to greet a new arrival? In this celebratory book, poet Kate Clanchy has made an inspired choice of poems that speak powerfully of the wonder, joy, bewilderment and myste ...Show more
The Picador Book of Love Poems by John Stammers
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 16
A dazzling anthology of classic and contemporary love poems selected by an award-winning poet. With The Picador Book of Love Poems, award-winning poet John Stammers has created a unique collection: by pairing some of the finest love poems from centuries past with modern counterparts, he presents a bo ...Show more
Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs by R D Rosen
$26.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A hilarious collection of poetry by dogs- perfect for lovers of literature and pups alike "Dogs seldom make passes At dogs passing gasses." Are these the words of Dorothy Parker? Ogden Nash? Nope, the author is Sparky from Milton, Pennsylvania. Sparky, Snowy, Tucker, Louie, these canine laureates hav ...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
Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page by Selected by Siobhan Harvey, James Norcliffe & Harry Ricketts
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
A must-have poetry companion for all lovers of New Zealand poetry New Zealanders adore poetry, and this expertly selected and handsomely packaged collection of over 150 poems published since the 1950s shows exactly why: New Zealand poetry is, by turns, distinctive, affecting, joyous, revealing, moving, ...Show more
Being Here: Selected Poems by Vincent O'Sullivan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Being Here is the first book to survey the entire span of Vincent O'Sullivan's poetry, from Bearings (1973) to new poems first published in this volume. On display is the full range of the wit, intellectual agility and arresting beauty of one of New Zealand literature's finest poets.
Gleam by Sarah Broom
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In Gleam, Sarah Broom's powerful poems explore the effect of a life-threatening condition by way of the landscapes of the natural world, charting the hardest things in beautiful language. Broom's forte is encapsulating, expressing and making sense of strong internal feeling and turmoil through metaphor. ...Show more
Cat vs Human: Poems About Cats by Yasmine Surovec
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
From Shakespeare to Blake to Rosetti to Wordsworth to classic nursery rhymes, cats have been celebrated in poetry for as long as they have been warming laps. Cats are mysterious, adorable, finicky, and cherished; and they have been beloved muses for some of our most renowned poets, writers, and artists. ...Show more
Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust by Clive James
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Over a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading #65533; la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two different languages. Gate of Lilacs is the unique product of James's love and enga ...Show more
Classic Penguin - Cover to Cover by Paul Buckley (Editor, Introduction by); Audrey Niffenegger (Foreword by); Elda Rotor (Preface by)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
From Drop Caps to Deluxes, Penguin Creative Director Paul Buckley presents a visual overview of the innovative covers that have put Penguin Classics at the forefront of the book design world Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books - 50 Covers competition Since the launch of Penguin Cl ...Show more
Good Dog!: New Zealand Writers on Dogs by Stephanie Johnson (ed.)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Funny, insightful, lyrical and touching, this is the perfect book for every dog lover. that night a wet nose in the dark sniffed me awake From good dogs to bad, adored pets to hard-working sheep dogs, canine companions have not only settled into New Zealand hearts but also into their books. Author Steph ...Show more
Friends: A Poem for Every Day of the Year (HB) by Jane McMorland Hunter (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
365 classic poems celebrating friendship, love, and constancy.Some of the most beautiful poems ever written give us insight into the important things in life: the joys of companionship, encouragement, consolation, humor, and love. Friends: A Poem for Every Day of the Year features works by John Boswell, ...Show more