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Dearly: Poems by Margaret Atwood
$34.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet.By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects an ...Show more
Dog Poems by Various
$19.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
To Flush, My DogLoving friend, the gift of one,Who, her own true faith, hath run,Through thy lower nature;Be my benediction saidWith my hand upon thy head,Gentle fellow-creature ...-Elizabeth Barrett Browning Since prehistory, dogs have served as man's best friend, giving us loyalty, assistance and boun ...Show more
Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to fit in. Unti ...Show more
How to Fly by Barbara Kingsolver
$33.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautifully produced gift-edition of Barbara Kingsolver's luminous poetry - to appeal to her loyal fans and fiction readers more generally.
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
A hardcover gift edition of Milk and Honey, the #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. ...Show more
Letters to Young People by Glenn Colquhoun
$43.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
“It is difficult to ignore the story of a young person. When they are in pain, that pain seems all the more demanding because they are vulnerable and because their life still lies ahead of them ... I have learnt that the most important medicine they need from me is to listen to these stories, to hold th ...Show more
Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women's Poetry by Paula Green
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealand women have published poetry for over 150 years. In this landmark book, poet and anthologist Paula Green celebrates and makes connections between 201 of them, from emerging poets and those who are household names to those who have slipped from public view or were not paid the honour they were ...Show more
AUP New Poets 7 by Rhys Feeney, Ria Masae, Claudia Jardine (Edited by Anna Jackson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
From Apia to Parnell, ancient Rome to Aro Park and on to the furthest reaches of the internet, AUP New Poets 7 takes readers on an eye-popping journey through contemporary New Zealand poetry. The collection opens with Rhys Feeney's passionate take on contemporary global politics and ecological collapse ...Show more
Instagram Poetry for Every Day by National Poetry Library (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: 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
Nouns Verbs Etc: Selected Poems by FIONA FARRELL
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
One of New Zealand's most versatile writers, Fiona Farrell has published four collections of poetry over 25 years, from Cutting Out (1987) to The Broken Book (2011). Nouns, verbs, etc. collects the best work from these books, and intersperses them with other poems thus far 'uncollected'. The themes are ...Show more
Nothing to See by Pip Adam
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
It’s 1994. Peggy and Greta are learning how to live sober. They go to meetings and they ring their support person, Diane. They have just enough money for one Tom Yum between them, but mostly they eat carrot sandwiches. They volunteer at the Salvation Army shop, and sometimes they sleep with men for mone ...Show more
The Radio Room by Cilla McQueen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
In The Radio Room, Poet Laureate Cilla McQueen travels space and time, throwing 'thought-lines' from her present-day corner of the world to the ancient Celtic islands of her ancestors ('On a cliff-top above screeching gulls I stand still thinking backwards, antipodean poet grafted from ancient taproot i ...Show more
