Ian Wedde - Selected Poems by Ian Wedde
39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Ian Wedde has been a major presence in New Zealand poetry since his work began appearing in journals in the late 1960s. His first book of poetry appeared in 1971; his sixth book won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 1978; his sixteenth and most recent was a finalist in 2014. By the mid-1980s, as ...Show more
The Internet of Things by Kate Camp
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Kate Camp's new book begins in John Lennon's childhood kitchen, and ends at the prow of ship, surveying what has been and what is yet to come. The internet of things speaks to loss and hope, and to the stories we weave into the things around us. Kate Camp's sharp eye for detail and refusal to avoid life ...Show more
Some Things to Place in a Coffin by Bill Manhire
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Bill Manhire's first new collection of poems for seven years takes its title from his elegy for his close friend the painter Ralph Hotere, who died in 2013. At its heart is the sequence 'Known Unto God', commissioned by the BBC for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2016. These are poems of mem ...Show more
Tell Me My Name by Bill Manhire
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
Bill Manhire riddles Norman Meehan music Hannah Griffin song Peter Peryer photographs Tell Me My Name is a sequence of thirteen riddles by Bill Manhire, set to music by composer Norman Meehan and sung by Hannah Griffin. This hardback book includes the full texts and eight photographs by celebrated artis ...Show more
Poems of John Keats: Popular Penguins by John Keats
13.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
John Keats (1795-1821) asked that his gravestone carry only the phrase 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.' But although his life was short, he left work that sets his name among the greatest in English poetry, and the most admired by other poets. This pocket-sized selection for general readers ...Show more
My Grandmother's Glass Eye A Look at Poetry by Craig Raine
69.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
From critic and poet Craig Raine comes a fresh, bold examination of the meaning of poetry and some of the great poetical works of our time "By poetry we--we the masses--mean something vague, something untrue, something uplifting, something beautiful, something so eloquent it isn't for everyday. The wor ...Show more
The Poetry of Sex by Sophie Hannah
34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The Poetry of Sex - a raucous, highly enjoyable anthology by acclaimed poet Sophie Hannah. We've been at it all summer, from the Canadian border to the edge of Mexico...Romance and poetry seem to go hand in hand but - implicit, explicit, nuanced or starkly frank - sex itself has long been a staple subje ...Show more
Catching A Ride On A Paradox by Keith Nunes
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
This genre-bending new book of poetry and short fiction from non-conformist Rotoma writer Keith Nunes changes the skyline of New Zealand literature. At times whimsical and enchanting, others bewildering and disturbing this volume will not sit comfortably in any niche. The collection pulls together works ...Show more
Application for Release from the Dream by Tony Hoagland
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Are we corrupt or innocent, fragmented or whole? Are responsibility and freedom irreconcilable? Do we value memory or succumb to our forgetfulness? Application for Release from the Dream, Tony Hoagland's fifth collection of poems, pursues these questions with the fierce abandon of one who needs to know ...Show more
Night Fishing by Brian Turner
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In these new poems about friendship, mortality and home, Brian Turner asks how we can face the truths and uncertainties of our experiences and how we can live with them. Night Fishing is defined by Turner's unmistakable wit and feeling, precision and insight.
Mister Hamilton by John Dickson
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
Mister Hamilton, John Dickson's first collection in eighteen years, is an appealing, questioning mix of elements. Over a base of South Island bedrock (granite, schist, greywacke), Dickson has peopled this quietly fiery collection with day-to-day working voices and narratives, sometimes comic, sometimes ...Show more