How Did I Get Here? Soliloquies Of Youth by Ben Brown (edited by)
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
There are times when the right to remain silent and the need to say something exist in the same moment. I would suppose a choice is made at such a time as to whether guilt is a matter of fact or a matter of conscience. A youthful mind forged in a crucible of fear might argue, ‘Yeah I did it, but that do ...Show more
An American Sunrise - Poems by Joy Harjo
29.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
In this stunning collection, Joy Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where her people, and other indigenous families, essentially disappeared.
The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems by T. S. Eliot; Christopher Ricks (Editor); Jim McCue (Editor)
55.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
This critical edition of T. S. Eliot's Poems establishes a new text of the Collected Poems 1909-1962, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot's astonishing debut, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. As well as the masterpieces, the edition contains t ...Show more
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey
45.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY. "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each wo ...Show more
Rupi Kaur Boxed Set by Rupi Kaur
55.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry
Available for the first time, #1 New York Times bestselling author, rupi kaur, presents a gorgeous boxed set of her books milk and honey and the sun and her flowers. Global sensation and internationally renowned author - rupi kaur's milk and honey celebrates the challenges and triumphs facing the mode ...Show more
The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Kneel like a prayer full of lynching This is my God-given white ‘Savage is as savage does. And we’re all implicated. Avia breaks the colonial lens wide open. We peer through its poetic shards and see a savage world – outside, inside. With characteristic savage and stylish wit, Avia holds the word-blade ...Show more
How to Grow Your Own Poem by Kate Clanchy
39.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Do you want to write a poem? This book will show you 'how to grow your own poem' . . . Kate Clanchy has been teaching people to write poetry for more than twenty years. Some were old, some were young; some were fluent English speakers, some were not. None of them were confident to start with, but a sur ...Show more
Instagram Poetry for Every Day by National Poetry Library (Editor)
29.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
The first anthology of Instagram poetry, Instagram Poetry for Every Day, collates over 100 poems by 50 of the top handles to follow in the exciting world of digital poetry. A must-have for fans of Rupi Kaur, Atticus and R.H. Sin and the perfect introduction to the wide scope of Insta-poetry for newcome ...Show more
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
29.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey and the sun and her flowers comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and th ...Show more
Wow by Bill Manhire
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Excuse me if I laugh. The roads are dark and large books block our path. The air we breathe is made of evening air. The world is longer than the road that brings us here. Bill Manhire's new book begins with the song of an extinct bird, the huia, and journeys on into troubling futures. These poems reach ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
39.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each.The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019. It takes its title from the French expression Feu de Joie, which refers to a military celebration ...Show more
Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today by Alison Whittaker
37.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry
This important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia's most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, ...Show more