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Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today by Alison Whittaker
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
This important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia's most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, ...Show more
One Hundred Great Books in Haiku (Popular Penguin) by David Bader
$12.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
In the sixteenth century, Japanese monks developed the haiku, a poem consisting of (respectively) three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables. Now, David Bader applies this ancient poetic form to 100 Great Books. From Homer to Milton to Dostoyevsky, the entire literary canon is finally within ...Show more
The Best 100 Poems of Les Murray by Les Murray
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Including classics such as 'The Broad Bean Sermon', 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' and 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever', this is guaranteed to delight Murray fans and introduce new readers to his work. This is a wonderful gift, and a treasure trove of the best poems ever written in Australia.
Faunaverse by Alexander Dudley; Jane Sullivan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Faunaverse was created as a means of educating people about some of the special, obscure and misunderstood wildlife of Australia in an entertaining, yet informative way. Using poetry ensures the book is fun to read for adults and kids alike, and the stunning photographs accompanying the poems show the a ...Show more
Banjo Paterson's Poems of the Bush by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The poetry selected for this collection reveals Paterson's love and appreciation for the Australian bush and its people. It contains not only widely published and quoted poems such as 'On Kiley's Run' and 'Clancy of The Overflow', but also lesser known poems such as 'The Uplift' and 'The Wind's Message' ...Show more
History & the Poet Essays on Australian Poetry by Robert Wood
$24.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
History & the Poet is a series of essays on contemporary Australian poetry. In language clear and precise, Robert Wood poses philosophical and ideological questions that matter for poetry now. History & the Poet offers an entry point to a rich and complex world, and is a compelling vision of wha ...Show more
Throat by Ellen van Neerven
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
not in Aus, matebad things don't happen here our beaches are open they are not places where bloodied mattresses burn 'Throat' is the explosive second poetry collection from award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven. Exploring love, language and land, van Neerven flexes their distinctive ...Show more
100 Ways to Fly by Michelle Taylor
$14.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Some words are made of breath. Some words are made of stone. Listen, weigh them carefully, To make music for your poem. What better way to get away than with words! Escape to The Word Zoo, Great Balls of Poetry or A Pocket Full of Poems. In 100 Ways to Flyyou'll find a poem for every mood - poems to mak ...Show more
A Year of Nature Poems by Joseph Coelho; Kelly Louise Judd (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A poem for every month, this is a beautiful anthology of nature poems by best-loved children's poet, Joseph Coelho encourages a love for the natural world and the importance of looking after it. âââââ'a treasure for you and your child to share' âââââ'stunning illustrations' âââ ...Show more
Anh and Lucien by Page, Tony
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
'Anh and Lucien is a compelling celebration of male desire and intimacy - and also a gripping clash of cultures and ideologies. Danger and death pervade Tony Page's sensuous and sensitive evocation of a risky love affair in an alluring, unsettled place and time, Indochina 1940. Intrigue and art, passion ...Show more
Apparently by Joanne Burns
$24.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
The poems collected in apparently appear like visions, intensely experienced but barely real. Where does a poem come from? Over four sections this question is considered. The first section gathers poems spring-boarding from the clues and solutions to crossword puzzles; the second recounts unsettling dre ...Show more
Armistice - A Laureate's Choice of Poems of War and Peace by Carol Ann Duffy
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The Armistice of 1918 brought ceasefire to the war on the Western Front, but 'the Great War' would not as hoped be 'the war to end all wars'. In this affecting selection, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, guides us deep into the act and root of 'armistice' its stoppage or 'stand' of arms, its search f ...Show more
