How to be Invisible: Selected Lyrics by Kate Bush
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Kate Bush is a true iconoclast and one of the most revered contemporary musical artists of recent years. Since her emergence in 1978 she has forged a creative path which has proved to be both highly innovative and hugely inspiring. Her artistic achievements have helped shape our cultural landscape and h ...Show more
Space: The Passenger by Various
$36.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The Passenger Ser.
For those of us who remain on Earth, space offers a spiritual dimension, and the search for answers to age-old questions. 'These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.' - TLS 'Fresh and diverting, informative and topical.' - Australian Financia ...Show more
Letter to 'Oumuamua by James Norcliffe
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
In this wry and witty collection -- addressed to the first interstellar object ever to be detected in our solar system -- James Norcliffe applies a cool, clear eye to human life on Earth. Our foibles and absurdities are laid bare, but so too is the human capacity for love, desire, sorrow and regret. Nor ...Show more
After-Burn - Poetry Aotearoa New Zealand Yearbook 2023 by Tracey Slaughter (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country's longest-running poetry magazine, rounds up important new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the ideal way to catch up with the latest poetry from both established and emerging New Zealand poets. The packed issue #57 features over 150 new poems - including ...Show more
Āria by Jessica Hinerangi
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Where is my tongue? On display, a trophy of war. Where is my tikanga? Kept in the basement. Where is my mana? Locked in the museum. And where are my whanau? Scattered like dandelion seeds, from the grating city, to the harnessed horizon. Drawing moko kauae on Barbies. Reading Ranginui Walker in rahui. S ...Show more
Pillow Thoughts: Deluxe Edition by Courtney Peppernell
$50.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A special hardcover gift edition of Courtney Peppernell’s bestselling Pillow Thoughts! Originally published in 2017, Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. Since its release, an ethereal and awe-inspiring universe has unfolded around it, but the ori ...Show more
The: Selected Poems Wilder Years by David Eggleton
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
David Eggleton, Poet Laureate of Aotearoa 2019-21, has published nine poetry collections, and now, finally, comes a 'Best Of '. The Wilder Years: Selected Poems is a hardback compendium of the poet's own selection from 35 years of published work, together with a handful of new poems. Cover art by Nige ...Show more
Poems Aloud by Joseph Coelho
$17.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. Twenty poems by the award-winning Joseph Coelho arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this bo ...Show more
Ten Poems from the Countryside by SEAN HEWITT
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The word countryside conjures up all manner of landscapes. It can suggest woods or high moors, mountains or farmland, meadows or gentle chalk hills. In fact, the countryside is everything that isn't town or city, which is probably why we're so drawn to it. These poems selected by Irish poet Seán Hewitt ...Show more
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Timeless Classics) by Emily Dickinson
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Timeless Classics Ser.
Share in Dickinson's admiration of language, nature, and life and death, with The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson. Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson's finest poems. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to ...Show more
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma and resilience from the award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's Lemonade and Black Is King. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a girl who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, make ...Show more
On Elephants' Shoulders by Sudha Rao
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
With themes of longing, transition and memory, 'On elephant's shoulders' explores the poet's South Indian heritage relocated to New Zealand and tries to unlayer the complexity of the migrant experience. For Sudha this has meant experiencing the riches of a new culture and a new landscape while managing ...Show more