Vanilla Wine by Geoff Cochrane
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
This new collection from the author of Into India and Acetylene features a sequence on the life of Erik Satie, as well the vivid and unsettling lyrics for which he is best known. Geoff Cochrane?s poetry is at once lush and severe. There is no one else quite like him.
The Adulterer's Bible - Poems by Cliff Fell
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2004 NZ Montana Book awards, Poetry section.Winner of the Best First Book 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The Adulterer's Bible is a wickedly entertaining collection of poems from one of the most distinctive new voices in New Zealand writing. From autobiographical lyr ...Show more
Good Luck by Anna Livesey
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
This collection of poetry offers a sequence of superbly crafted short lyrics followed by two major long poems. Historical lyrics on the Napier earthquake are followed by an innovative long poem on the colonization of the Pacific. The long poems were constructed from found texts on the subject.
Favourite Monsters by James Brown
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Full of stories, jokes, and stolen lines, this collection from a leading young New Zealand poet includes many voices and covers subjects ranging from world politics to parenthood, art, and religion.
Taking Off by Brian Turner
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Taking off distils the experiences of an eventful decade. Finalist for the Montana Medal for non-fiction (Poetry) 2002
Settler Dreaming by Bernadette Hall (Drawings by Kathryn Madill)
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In poems that range from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful, Bernadette explores the notion of 'settler' - the dreaming, the grieving, the baggage that must be jettisoned, the love that is both inheritance and hope for the future. First published 2001.
Animals Indoors by de Montalk, Stephanie
19.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
"Full of the rhythms and billowing forms of everyday life, 'Animals Indoors' is the product of considerable industry and perfect strategy" - Gregory O'Brien. 'Animals Indoors' is a striking literary debut, introducing a distinctive and beguiling new poetic voice.
Chiaroscuro by Joy Ogier
29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Foreword by Kerry Carman, Botanical Artist FSBA (London), Writer and Consultant, Wylde Green Cottage, Masterton, New Zealand : " It is my very great pleasure to provide the foreword to chiaroscuro. Joy Ogier has a rare talent and a unique vision, using plant images as metaphors for human experiences and ...Show more
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
28.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Maya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of love, longing, partings; of Saturday night partying, and the smells and sounds of Southern cities; of freedom and shattered dreams. 'The caged bird sings/ with a fearful trill/ of things unknown/ but longed for still/ and hi ...Show more
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.