Lifted by Bill Manhire
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: VUP Classics | Reading Level: very good
Description: The last lines of Bill Manhire's astonishing poem 'Kevin' lie at the heart of this book. These poems want urgently to know how the secular spirit can lift itself in the face of mortality and human violence. They are full of richness and courage and surprise, turning from grief to curiosity; ...Show more
Beauty Sleep by Kate Camp
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Yes, sleep treats her bad like a man in a country song and it never stays long so says established poet Kate Camp in this, her third collection. It's her best so far, and will both excite existing admirers and win new ones.
A Box of Bees by Emily Dobson
17.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
A first book from the writer who secured the 2005-6 Schaeffer Fellowship to Iowa University's Creative Writing Program. "Childhood memories and the routines of beekeeping are interspersed among the incidents of immediate and extended family and the writer's own broadening independence... the poems are ...Show more
Afternoon of an Evening Train by Gregory O'Brien
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Gregory OÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂBrien is a poet, anthologist, art writer and painter. Born in Matamata in 1961, he trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland before returning to study art history and English at Auckland University. In ...Show more
The Merino Princess by Bernadette Hall
29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Bernadette Hall is one of the most widely admired contemporary New Zealand poets, with a range that extends from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful. The Merino Princess brings together the best of her five previous collections. First published 2004.
Vanilla Wine by Geoff Cochrane
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
This new collection from the author of Into India and Acetylene features a sequence on the life of Erik Satie, as well the vivid and unsettling lyrics for which he is best known. Geoff Cochrane?s poetry is at once lush and severe. There is no one else quite like him.
The Adulterer's Bible - Poems by Cliff Fell
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2004 NZ Montana Book awards, Poetry section.Winner of the Best First Book 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The Adulterer's Bible is a wickedly entertaining collection of poems from one of the most distinctive new voices in New Zealand writing. From autobiographical lyr ...Show more
Good Luck by Anna Livesey
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
This collection of poetry offers a sequence of superbly crafted short lyrics followed by two major long poems. Historical lyrics on the Napier earthquake are followed by an innovative long poem on the colonization of the Pacific. The long poems were constructed from found texts on the subject.
Favourite Monsters by James Brown
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Full of stories, jokes, and stolen lines, this collection from a leading young New Zealand poet includes many voices and covers subjects ranging from world politics to parenthood, art, and religion.
Taking Off by Brian Turner
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Taking off distils the experiences of an eventful decade. Finalist for the Montana Medal for non-fiction (Poetry) 2002
Settler Dreaming by Bernadette Hall (Drawings by Kathryn Madill)
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In poems that range from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful, Bernadette explores the notion of 'settler' - the dreaming, the grieving, the baggage that must be jettisoned, the love that is both inheritance and hope for the future. First published 2001.