The Music of Time - Poetry in the Twentieth Century by John Burnside
59.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Though we might not realise it, our collective memory of the twentieth century was defined by the poets who lived and wrote in it. At every significant turning point we find them, pen in hand, fingers poised at the typewriter, ready to distil the essence of the moment, from the muddy wastes of the Weste ...Show more
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
27.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Series: Picador Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2018 Winner of The Roehampton Poetry Prize 2018 'A beautiful, vigorous and achingly melancholy hymn to the common man that is as unexpected as it is daring' John Banville, GuardianA noir narrative written with the intensity a ...Show more
Surrender by Janet Charman
27.50 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Reading Level: very good
"As one of eight writers, poet Janet Charman was invited in 2009 to take part in a hectic, immersive literary residency in Hong Kong. Written out of this time of stimulating buzz, 仁 surrender chronicles the tensions, translations and literary crushes that ensue, with ever-present comedy. From this inten ...Show more
Falling out of Time by David Grossman
26.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
In Falling Out of Time, David Grossman has created a genre-defying drama - part play, part prose, pure poetry - to tell the story of bereaved parents setting out to reach their lost children. It begins in a small village, in a kitchen, where a man announces to his wife that he is leaving, embarking on a ...Show more
Chinese Fish by Grace Yee
29.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
When Ping leaves Hong Kong to live in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, she discovers that life in the Land of the Long White Cloud is not the prosperous paradise she was led to believe it would be. Every day she works in a rat-infested shop frying fish, and every evening she waits for her waywa ...Show more
Ten Poems about Friendship by LORRAINE MARINER
15.99 NZD
Category: World 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 Walking by SASHA DUGDALE
15.99 NZD
Category: World 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 of Happiness by DEBORAH ALMA
15.99 NZD
Category: World 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.
Devotions by Mary Oliver
37.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Devotions is a stunning, definitive and carefully curated collection featuring work from over fifty ...Show more
The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
75.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
After an invocation to the Muses, the story launches in medias res towards the end of the Trojan War between the Trojans and the besieging Greeks. Chryses, a Trojan priest of Apollo, offers the Greeks wealth for the return of his daughter Chryseis, held captive by Agamemnon, the Greek leader. Although m ...Show more
Wild Hope by Donna Ashworth
27.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
Inspiring words from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Wish I Knew about thepower of hope to dispel dark days. Uplifting inspiration from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Wish I Knew Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth's powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-acceptan ...Show more
Sex Depression Animals - Poems by Mag Gabbert
34.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Series: Journal CBWheeler Poetry Prize Ser.
"This bewitching debut delivers everything the title promises and more." --Electric Literature In SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS, Mag Gabbert redefines the bestiary in fiery, insistent, and resistant terms. These poems recast the traumas of her adolescence while charting new paths toward linguistic and bod ...Show more