View from the South by Owen Marshall
$39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
A stunning collection of poems from one of New Zealand's most respected writers.David Eggleton wrote of Marshall's poetry in the New Zealand Listenerthat, 'Above all, the poems are redolent of the South Island - all wild winds and dry hills, sleepy summer afternoons, the shimmer of light on lakes, snow ...Show more
Planting Gardens in Graves II by R. H. Sin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
r.h. Sin continues his bestselling series with Planting Gardens in Graves II, another powerful collection of poetry that hones in on the themes dearest to his readers. This series celebrates connection, mourns heartbreak, and above all, empowers its readers to seek the love they deserve.
to make monsters out of girls by Amanda Lovelace; ladybookmad
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, amanda lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, "things that h(a)unt." In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal ...Show more
Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems by Lemn Sissay
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Canons Ser.
Lemn Sissay was seventeen when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and millworkers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and built from concrete, recorded on era-defining albums and declaimed in over thirty countries. He has performed to ...Show more
Greek Iambic Poetry - From the Seventh to Fifth Centuries B. C. - Archilochus, Semonides, Hipponax, and Others by Douglas E. Gerber (Edited and Translated by); Archilochus; Hipponax; Semonides
$65.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Loeb Classical Library
The poetry of the archaic period that the Greeks called iambic is characterized by scornful criticism of friend and foe and by sexual license. The purpose of these poems is unclear, but they seem to have some connection with cult songs used in religious festivals--for example, those honoring Dionysus an ...Show more
100 Australian Poems You Need To Know by Jamie Grant (Editor); Phillip Adams (Foreword by); Andy Warren (Designed by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Poetry? For today's readers? Yes, and not just for those who buy their poetry collections religiously either: this book is for everyone. Frustrated by the perception that Australian poetry is dry, inaccessible and focused only on the country's landscape, acclaimed poet Jamie Grant decided to form his ow ...Show more
The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by Derek Walcott
$39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career "He gives us more than himself or 'a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language." Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet ...Show more
Poetry for Millennials - A Collection of Wise and Wonderful Words for Every #MillennialProblem by Tamsin KING
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
When your partner spends too much time on their Xbox: Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? from 'Why So Pale and Wan?', John Suckling From dating and house-shares to digital detoxing and growing up, Poetry for Millennials is the answer to all your hardships and woes. It offers relat ...Show more
Cadaver Dog by Luke Best
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Ser.
When an inland tsunami floods the foothills of a mountain city, a woman survives the inundation of her home, alone. This edgy, potent verse novel circles the scene like the cadaver dog whose work it is to search for those who are missing. Reimagining traditions of bush gothic and outback horror, Luke Be ...Show more
Pride Parade - Poetry and Quotes by Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
$26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Verse to Inspire Ser.
Spanning across centuries and genres, this comprehensive collection of poetry and quotes celebrates the LGBT experience in all its varied, complex forms. This moving and evocative selection features writings from a wide range of voices, including Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf and many more. ...Show more
Sound the Deep Waters - Women's Romantic Poetry in the Victorian Age by Ed Pamela Norris
$39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Who was the Victorian Woman? The popular myth that she was the Angel in the house', the loving wife, caring mother, in possession of neither opinions nor passions is one that if not already exploded, will certainly vanish with a reading of this delightful anthology. This collection offers familiar favou ...Show more