Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou
27.95 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Poetry
Poems of love and regret, of racial strife and confrontation, songs of people and songs of the heart - all are charged with Maya Angelou's zest for life and her rage at injustice. Lyrical poems of longing, wry glances at betrayal and isolation combine with a fierce insight into "hateful wrath".
The New Poetic by C. K. Stead
32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Classic Criticism S.
A classic survey of modern English poetry from the new tradition established by Yeats in the 1890s through to Eliot, including a reassessment of the Georgians and the influence of Pound.
Classic Western Stories: The Most Beloved Stories by Cooper Edens
39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The frontier is at the heart of America. The stories of the West have captured the imaginations of generations. This book contains adventures of outlaws and gunslingers, and explorers and settlers. It presents songs of the campfirem and the danger of unexplored territory. It features illustrations by ar ...Show more
How to Paint Sunlight by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In his introduction to this collection of poems, Lawrence Ferlinghetti says "All I have ever wanted to do was to paint light on the walls of life", and for 50 years he has been doing just that, illuminating both the everyday and the unusual in a way which is universally accessible.
Five Decades Poems 1925-1970 by Pablo Neruda
27.05 NZD
Category: Poetry
This bilingual volume is the definitive collection of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, the 1971 Nobel Prize winner and one of the most profoundly influential poets of the twentieth century. His love poems are earthy and transcendent, and his political poems are the work of a man as incisive, impassioned, and ...Show more
Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen
39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Popular since its original publication more than 25 years ago, Leonard Cohen's classic book of contemporary psalms is now beautifully repackaged. Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is revered as one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring arti ...Show more
Falling Hard 100 Love Poems by Teenagers by Betsy Franco
21.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
"The quality here is head and shoulders above most young writers' collections, and in fact it's well above many adult anthologies as well."-- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They live next door or across an ocean; the ...Show more
Shakespeare Bats Clean Up by Koertge
16.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Written in free verse with examples of several poetic forms slipped into the mix, this funny, poignant story by a master of dialogue tells of a straight-talking 14-year-old first baseman, benched by mono, who takes a swing at writing poetry.
Seeing the Blue Between by Paul B. Janeczko
19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Advice And Inspiration for Young Poets
Worlds Afire by Paul B Janeczko
29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Twenty-nine free-verse poems combine to tell the true story of the 1944 fire at the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Each of the poems presents a unique view of the disaster which killed 167 people and injured 500 more.