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Toku Papa by Solly Ruby
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
When you first told me that you gave me the name of our tupuna so that I would be strong enough to hold our family inside my ribcage, I believed you. Here you are. Here is how I saw you, trapped in your own amber. Now it’s time for you to believe me. Tōku Pāpā is a book that serves as a map of survival ...Show more
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Let her be a little less human, a little more divine Give her heart armour so it doesn't break as easily as mine One girl's wild journey of strength, beauty and growth as she discovers who she really is. Lyrical wonder, spiritual revelation and revolution meet with epic mythical landscapes in this deepl ...Show more
I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling musician Halsey is heralded as one of the most compelling voices of her generation. In I Would Leave Me If I Could, she reveals never-before-seen poetry of longing, love, and the nuances of bipolar disorder. In this debut collection, Halsey bares her soul. Bring ...Show more
She Will Soar: Empowering Poems of Freedom and Wanderlust by Women by Ana Sampson
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning gift book featuring 130 poems about wanderlust, freedom and escape written by women. With poems from classic, well loved poets as well as innovative and bold modern voices, She Will Soar is a stunning collection and an essential addition to any bookshelf. From the ancient world right up to th ...Show more
Tatai Whetu: Seven Maori Women Poets in Translation by Maraea Rakuraku; Vana Manasiadis
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Tātai Whetū: Seven Māori Women Poets in Translation is a ground-breaking bilingual poetry collection, which features a poem each by seven Māori women writers, originally written in English, and a translation in Māori. The two version of the poems are presented on facing pages. The fourth book in the Ser ...Show more
Felt by Johanna Emeney
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Couples in last-chance therapy, friends unfriending, racist trolls trawling the comments section for game--this collection of poems is concerned with the things that make us feel. The felt realm is very much in nature, too. From the calm of a sleeping doe to the slow unwinding of the last bee on Earth, ...Show more
Letters to Young People by Glenn Colquhoun
$38.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
“It is difficult to ignore the story of a young person. When they are in pain, that pain seems all the more demanding because they are vulnerable and because their life still lies ahead of them ... I have learnt that the most important medicine they need from me is to listen to these stories, to hold th ...Show more
Etc. Verbs Nouns by Fiona Farrell
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
One of New Zealand's most versatile writers, Fiona Farrell has published four collections of poetry over 25 years, from Cutting Out (1987) to The Broken Book (2011). Nouns, verbs, etc. collects the best work from these books, and intersperses them with other poems thus far 'uncollected'. The themes are ...Show more
Ranging Around The Zero by Terry Locke
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In Ranging Around the Zero, Terry Locke acknowledges the fragility of those 'momentary stays against confusion' ('Frost') we erect with words and other symbols. 'Ranging' is a metaphor for a relentless urge for order in the face of dissolution and discursive vacuity. While these stays are provisional, t ...Show more
