English Journeys: A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman
11.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: English Journeys
This magical and poignant evocation of coming of age in the countryside describes lovers in secluded lanes, cricket and church bells, cherry trees hung with snow and woods full of bluebells. Yet in "A Shropshire Lad" the fields and hills are also places of loss and sorrow, where men die young or are sen ...Show more
The Mersey Sound (revised edition 1983) by Adrian Henri
27.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'"The Mersey Sound" is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form'. With this modest brief, "The ...Show more
Allen Ginsberg Collected Poems 1947-1997 by Allen Ginsberg
45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is the only volume to bring together all of Allen Ginsberg's published verse in its entirety, celebrating half a century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets. Presented chronologically, it sets Ginsberg's verse against the story of his extraordinary life: from his most famous land ...Show more
Selected Poems: W. B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
26.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This selection of the works of W B Yeats, includes the final book from the unfairly neglected narrative poem "The Wanderings of Oisin" and a number of lyrics from Yeats' work as poetic dramatist. It breaks new ground by allowing the reader to engage with a dozen poems in alternative versions; in many ot ...Show more
Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: good-very good
Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is Cohen's eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title, Book of Mercy, and his hugely successful 1993 publication, Stranger Music, a Globe and M ...Show more
Selected Poems by Sophie Hannah
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Sophie Hannah's first book was greeted with amazement. The "Poetry Review" declared, 'Shall I put it in capitals? SOPHIE HANNAH IS A GENIUS.' Each subsequent collection has been formally more inventive, thematically more complex, yet each has met with a similar welcome, and she has become that rare thin ...Show more
Selected Poems by Derek Mahon
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Represented in all modern anthologies by his great poem on Irish history "A Disused Shed in Co Wexford", Derek Mahon is regarded with Heaney and Longley as the leader of the resurgence of Irish poetry. He writes lyric poetry of elegance and scepticism. Revisiting his older work, this title also contains ...Show more
Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
16.99 NZD
19.95 (14% off)
Category: Poetry
When this volume of Shakespeare's poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets - all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous 'dark lady' - contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever wr ...Show more
Poems and Readings for Births and Christenings by Julia Watson
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
In all societies throughout history people have celebrated the three great milestones in life - birth, marriage and death - with a ceremony. Whether the birth of a child today is marked by a traditional religious service, by one of the increasingly popular naming ceremonies which local authorities now o ...Show more
The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
26.95 NZD
28.00 (3% off)
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics
Edward Lear began writing nonsense verse as a sideline to amuse himself and his friends - he earned his living as a commercial artist and, at one point, was art master to Queen Victoria. This selection includes all Lear's nonsense verse, as well as several, less well-known limericks. First published 20 ...Show more
An Introduction to English Poetry by James Fenton
27.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake.
Poems of John Keats by John Keats
26.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics
Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. This title presents a selection of Keats' poetry.