Birdspeak by Arihia Latham
29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
‘Let me speak as if a birdLet me speak of you in our reo as if your memories have wings’ In Arihia Latham’s debut collection of poems, birdcall resounds through poetry that is both personal and political, as fierce as it is tender. Arihia (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) is a writer, rongoā practitioner ...Show more
Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems from Around the World by Ana Sampson
39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems - classic and brand-new - from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white by award-winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell. Compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana Sampson, with an introduction by Natalie Haynes, author o ...Show more
Talia by Isla Huia
31.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties an ...Show more
The Great Modern Poets - An Anthology of the Best Poets and Poetry Since 1900 by Michael Schmidt (Editor)
29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Reproduced within this book are the essential poems of Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen, John Betjeman, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and many othe ...Show more
English Romantic Poets by Jonathan Bate (Editor)
37.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A greatest-hits selection from some of the most popular poets in the English language, in a gorgeously-jacketed small hardcover. William Wordsworth defined good poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," and no generation of poets has felt more powerfully than the Romantics of the late e ...Show more
Fairy Poems by Lynne Greenberg (Editor)
37.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A wide-ranging and appealingly fairy-sized treasury of fantastical poems from across the centuries and around the world, in a gorgeously jacketed small hardcover Fascination with fairies spans centuries and cultures. With ancient roots in pagan belief, fairies have long populated mythology, folklore ...Show more
Walt Whitman: The Great Poets by Walt. Whitman
27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
From the highly controversial Leaves of Grass, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic Captain, oh my captain immortalised in the film Dead Poets Society, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of Walt Whitman. One of the greats, he was celebr ...Show more
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Great Poets by Omar Khayyam
27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
The best-loved, bestselling poem ever published - a poem that embraces the theme 'seize the moment''One thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies'The epic, beautiful poem Rubaiyat is widely attributed to Omar Khayyam. As much a philosopher as a poet, he was a Persian ...Show more
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Much-loved poems from one of the greatest Romantic poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways'Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a poet of passion, wit and conscience. She was also a woman who wrote to speak the truth about everything she knew - and she knew just what it was like to be a thinking woman in a society that wanted women to be weak. The eldest o ...Show more
Ten Poems about Sisters by KATHARINE TOWERS
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A sister often knows us better than anyone. This selection of poems (a companion to Ten Poems about Brothers) explores that special relationship from the games and secrets of early childhood that we remember so vividly to the separate journeys of later life. For Dorothea Smartt, two sisters form a pair ...Show more
Ten Poems about Flowers by KATHARINE TOWERS
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Roses, fritillaries, daisies, gentians and the humble ragwort are celebrated here by poets ranging from Mimi Khalvati to William Wordsworth. We ex ...Show more
The National Trust Book of Nature Poems: Treasured Classics and New Favourites by Deborah Alma, National Trust
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
More than 100 poems about Britain's nature in a beautifully illustrated book Seven chapters touch on different aspects of the British countryside, including seasons, birds and wildlife, woods, water, moors and mountains. This carefully chosen collection will inspire you to explore nature through a poet’ ...Show more