Ibsen's Poems in versions by John Northam by John Northam (Edited and Translated by); Henrik Ibsen
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: A\Scandinavian University Press Publication | Reading Level: good
Ibsen's poetry has not until now been widely accessible in translation, which is remarkable considering that several of the poems are closely related to his famous plays. Northam, an eminent Ibsen scholar, offers versions of the 1899 edition of Ibsen's Poems, as well as his Selected Poems 1848-72, publi ...Show more
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Hardback fiction | Series: Picador Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2018 Winner of The Roehampton Poetry Prize 2018 'A beautiful, vigorous and achingly melancholy hymn to the common man that is as unexpected as it is daring' John Banville, GuardianA noir narrative written with the intensity a ...Show more
How to Do Things with Tears by Allen Grossman
$14.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
The award-winning poet's newest book of poems is heroic and of mythic proportions, showing the compassionate side of men. How to Do Things with Tears is a book of poems brought forth by the Sighted Singer, the poet who holds the central place in Allen Grossman's newest poetic work. This is a how-to book ...Show more
Letters to the Poet from His Brother by Maceo Montoya
$35.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good
All - The Collected Short Poems 1956-1964 by Louis Zukofsky
$10.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: good
James Wright - Selected Poems by James Wright; Robert Bly (ed.); Anne Wright (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
The first selected poems of a major poet who "wrote with more heart than any other North American poet of the twentieth century" (Rodney Jones, Parnassus)More than any other poet of his generation, James Wright spoke to the great sadness and hope that are inextricable from the iconography of America: it ...Show more
Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages by Walter de la Mare; Warren Chappell (Illustrator)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
'The most compelling of anthologies, the most leisurely, and the most complete.' Observer First published in 1923, the conception of de la Mare's collection of poetry and prose 'for the young of all ages' had been in the poet's mind for some time. He wanted it to transcend the ordinary anthology, to hav ...Show more
A Shame to Miss Poetry: Collection 3 by Anne Fine
$6.00 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
Selected personally by Anne Fine, this collection offers over 100 poems from poets including Kingsley Amis, John Betjeman, Robert Browning, Leonard Clark, Adele Geras, Seamus Heaney, A.E. Housman, Philip Larkin, Pablo Neruda, Brian Patten and Derek Walcott.
A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry by M. M. Badawi
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
This book is the first critical survey of the development and achievements of 'modern' Arabic poetry, here signifying the period from the latter half of the nineteenth century to the present day. It ranges over the entire Arabic-speaking world and includes a discussion of the work of poets who emigrated ...Show more
Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Annotated Texts Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Lyrical Balladsby William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a unique work of literature. first published in 1798, it marked a radical change in the direction of English Literature. Lyrical Balladsrepresented a movement away from the overwrought, highly formal and learned verse of the 18th centur ...Show more
Give Me Your Hand: Poems Inspired by Paintings in The National Gallery London by Paul Durcan
$10.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In 1991, poet Paul Durcan was curator of a show at the National Gallery in Dublin and wrote a collection of poems based on the paintings in that show - Crazy About Women. This book follows a similar idea and is a collection of 50 poems inspired by paintings in the London National Gallery.