Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-And-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul by William Sieghart
28.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry
'A matchless compound of hug, tonic and kiss' Stephen Fry 'I keep my copy with the brandy and aspirin' Jeanette Winterson Sometimes only a poem will do. For countless people, the poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice from William Sieghart's bestselling Poetry Pharmacy have offered comfort, delig ...Show more
Because a Woman's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean by Wilson Sugar Magnolia
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Through fun and gore, love and monsters, Sugar Magnolia Wilson's riveting first collection takes readers inside a world where past and present, fiction and fact, author and subject collide. Playful and yet not so sunny, these poems invite you in with extravagant and surprising imagery, only to reveal th ...Show more
Love Looks Pretty on You by Lang Leav
26.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
The much anticipated new book by international bestselling author Lang Leav. A breathtakingly beautiful collection of contemporary poetry and prose, offering powerful insights into love, heartbreak, relationships, and self-empowerment. Filled with wisdom and encouragement, every single page is a testame ...Show more
A Passage of Yellow Red Birds by Robin Peace
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Robin Peace writes of the world through the eye of a swallow and from the window of a plane sweeping over the earth. She writes as water making its way from mountain to sea, and of time as a passage of yellow red birds that declares a harvest singing from the cut earth. When her mother faces death by st ...Show more
Time to Sing Before the Dark by Helen Bascand
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Flight, song, darkness and light, history, fable and furniture. From the botanist to the birdcage, from rescue to ruin, Helen Bascand's fifth poetry collection charts a tilting world with her customary elegance, wit and intelligence.
Pamper Me to Hell & Back: Laureate's Choice 2018 by Hera Lindsay Bird
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poetry, Pamphlet
Love Poems for Married People by John Kenney
24.00 NZD
Category: World Poetry
Are you in the mood? I am. Let's put the kids down. Have a light dinner. Shower. Maybe not drink so much. And do that thing I would rather do with you than with anyone else. Lie in bed and look at our iPhones. Written with brilliant wit, sharp observation and a big dose of reality, Love Poems for Marrie ...Show more
Tātai Whetū: Seven Māori Women Poets in Translation (Tatai Whetu) by Maraea Rakuraku; Vana Manasiadis
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Tātai Whetū: Seven Māori Women Poets in Translation is a ground-breaking bilingual poetry collection, which features a poem each by seven Māori women writers, originally written in English, and a translation in Māori. The two version of the poems are presented on facing pages. The fourth book in the Se ...Show more
The Friday Poem - 100 New Zealand Poems by Edited by Steve Braunias
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: very good
An anthology of new New Zealand verse, which first appeared in the popular Friday Poem slot in The Spinoff website. It features some of the most well-known and established names in New Zealand poetry as well as new, exciting writers. It is a showcase of New Zealand poetry. It includes hilarious poems a ...Show more
New Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney
36.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
New Selected Poems 1988-2013 provides an unrivalled account of a period of work that was crowned by the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Together with its earlier, sibling volume, it completes the arc of a remarkable career. Shortly before his death in 2013, Seamus Heaney discussed with his publisher ...Show more
Desiderata of Happiness by Max Ehrmann
24.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry | Series: Inspirational S.
Max Ehrmann was not afraid to express his thoughts about the evils and scandals he saw around him, and in his quest for contentment he turned to nature and the eternal passage of the seasons. This edition contains, in addition to the Desiderata, more of Max Ehrmann's writings. First published 1948.
I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
19.99 NZD
Category: World Poetry
"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen FryIf I ever find myself holding a gecko . . .I'll lecko.Forget what you think you know about poetry - this is something totally different. Chris Harris's I'm Just No Good At Rhyming combines wit, wordplay and nonsense with ...Show more