Gawimarra Gathering by Jeanine Leane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A stunning work of poetry from an award-winning First Nations writer, seamlessly weaving the personal and the political. This superb collection moves from deeply tender meditations on Country, culture and kinship, to experimental archival poems dissecting the violence and destruction of the settler-colo ...Show more
One Hundred Great Books in Haiku by David Bader
$14.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: near fine
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 withi ...Show more
A Life Deserves Nine Cats by Ron Heard
$18.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
A Life Deserves Nine Cats is a collection of poems and drawings of cats by Sue Schindler and Ron Heard. Tough and tender. Vivid and well observed. Never sentimental. A book for cat lovers and for readers of poetry. 'If you have ever known, or loved or mourned a cat, these poems and portraits will insin ...Show more
Best Loved Irish Ballads by Eoin Emma & O'Brien Byrne
$29.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
A collection of Ireland's greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad tradition. Songs of love, yearning, revolution, celebration, emi ...Show more
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem by Nam Le
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Fifteen years after his best-selling, award-winning collection of stories The Boat, Nam Le returns to his great themes of identity and representation in a virtuosic debut book of poetry 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, says Le, a Vietnamese refugee to Australia, is ‘the book I need to write. The b ...Show more
Signora Bella's Grand Tour - A Novella in Haiku by Lesley Synge; Steven Moriarty (Cover Design by)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Signora Bella can't resist touring Italy before she delivers a poetry workshop in Ravello. She beaches herself in Sicily, adds her caress to the worn cobblestones of Naples and Genoa, gets into alpine lakes and valleys, then swans around the medieval town of Ravello above the Amalfi Coast. In a three-li ...Show more
The Mouth in the Sky by Dominic Kirwan
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
'This is a vast collection of meaty poetry, and it traverses diverse topics with irreverent wordplay and dirty-hearted love. To be truthful and self-expressive under the vicious hail of mental illness is not easy. There are so many repeatable quips, but I quote here lines about Andy, who was my always p ...Show more
Best of Australian Poems 2023 by Gig Ryan (ed.), Panda Ryan (ed.)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Best of Australian Poems Ser.
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry, across a timeframe of 1 July 2022 - 1 August 2023, the series, now in its third ...Show more
Harmony: poems to find peace by Whitney Hanson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
From TikTok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring the progression of a life through the elements of musicIn this collection of all new poems, Whitney Hanson explores the progression of a life through the lens of music. We each begin with a simple note, but as life progress ...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
In Times of Bushfires and Billy Buttons by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Age range 13 to 18 What makes a good family? Love or blood? And what if you have to choose between the two? Ethan’s parents are in jail; his Aunt works too hard; the new kid, Joshua, has a scar on his arm; a fire storm threatens the suburb, while wildflowers bloom along the school fence.For Ethan, Audr ...Show more
Poems to Save the World With by Chris Riddell (editor)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
This uplifting anthology contains classic and modern poems to galvanize and inspire you which are brought to life with exquisite, intricate artwork. Chosen and illustrated by Chris Riddell, Poems to Save the World With -the follow-up to Poems to Live Your Life By and Poems to Fall in Love With - will ig ...Show more