The Poetry Pharmacy Forever: New Prescriptions to Soothe, Revive and Inspire by William Sieghart
39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
After the tumult of the last years, William Sieghart is back to prescribe the perfect poem for a variety of life's ailments, offering hope and comfort to readers in need. Here, he draws on the emails he received from the public during multiple lockdowns, as well as tried-and-true classics from his in-pe ...Show more
Jane Austen: Poems both inspiring and witty from the author of 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma' by Jane Austen
27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
'Another world must be unfurled, Another language known'Best known - and beloved - for her highly popular novels including Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen was also an accomplished, and often witty, poet:'I am going to have my dinner, after which I shan't be thinner'This ...Show more
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Matsuo Basho
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world ...Show more
Ten Poems of Hope by CASPER ANNIE-SOPHIE
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
We couldn't survive without hope that light at the end of the tunnel which seems to promise 'this will pass' when times are hard. These poems offer hope in a whole range of guises from the uplift of the first signs of spring to the infectious optimism of a child who believes he will live for ever if he ...Show more
Ten Poems of Happiness by DEBORAH ALMA
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.
Ten Poems for a Wedding by KATHRYN BEVIS
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A wedding isn't a wedding without a poem. The enduring quality of great poetry seems to promise that all will be well for a couple on the threshold of marriage. You'll be dazzled by the brilliance and beauty of this selection, which offers everything from heartfelt blessings to reflections on the rich r ...Show more
Ten Poems about Tea by Dahl, Sophie, Perry, Jill, Mariner, Lorraine, Hardy, Thomas, Shapcott, Jo, Boland, Eavan, Agard, John
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Ten Poems about Tea has a fabulous introduction by Sophie Dahl (PG with milk, no sugar) and was the brilliant idea of Picador poet Lorraine Mariner, who also works as a librarian in the Poetry Library at London's South Bank Centre. She has helped choose the poems, advised us along the way and agreed wit ...Show more
Ten Poems about Trees by KATHARINE TOERS
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.
Ten Poems about Art by GEOFF DYER
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dyer's remarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes. We find ourselves ...Show more
Ten Poems about Bicycles by DI SLANEY
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
This second edition of our much-loved mini-anthology of bicycle poems is a real treat. Invigorated by some delightful new poems, the selection takes us along the highways and byways of cycling lore, from a freewheeling nun relishing the exhilaration of being on a bike on a hot summer's day to the young ...Show more
Ten Poems about Horses by ALISON BRACKENBURY
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Category: Poetry
The poems in this selection take us on an exhilarating canter through our friendships with horses. Along the way, we meet an edgy stallion waiting for his winter bale and a pony picking her way across paddocks after having her hooves trimmed: "...she sidled through the silver air pretending to shy at sh ...Show more
Ten Poems about Birds by KATHARINE TOWERS
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.