Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age by John Lithgow
$49.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Dumpty Ser.
Following the success of New York Times bestseller Dumpty comes award-winning actor and national bestselling author John Lithgow's next book of satirical poetry chronicling the era of Trump madness. Darker, funnier, and more hard-hitting than ever, Lithgow writes with poetic fury and cutting satire, tak ...Show more
Typewriter by Paul Hetherington
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The private matters of Hetherington’s Typewriter are thinly veiled behind an ever so gently crafted prose, causing the reader to walk in the poet’s shoes, and tripping over lines like ‘a diary from a shelf. It says she doesn’t love him’, evoking unwelcome memories.
Typewriter Music by David Malouf
$29.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
David Malouf's brilliant collection of poems begins with a memory of new love - with 'grace unasked for, urgencies that boom under the pocket of a shirt' - and ends in the intimate territory of the long-familiar where there is no need for words. This volume is marked by an astonishing breadth of intelli ...Show more
Unreconciled by Michel Houellebecq
$45.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Selected poems from the critically acclaimed author of Atomised and Submission Dual-language edition This selection of poems chosen from four collections shines a fresh light on Michel Houellebecq and emphasises the radical singularity of his work. Drawing on similar themes as his novels, Unreconciled i ...Show more
Untangling Spaghetti (Selected Poems) by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 9+
Each day after school, Steven's sons would come home and tell him about their day. These stories became poems and these poems became fodder for the many school talks Steven gives around the country each year. Topics include food, animals, school, friends, sport (esp. soccer!), dogs and anything and ever ...Show more
Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry by Florence Welch
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
'Songs can be incredibly prophetic . . . like a kind of useless magic.'The complete lyrics by the iconic vocalist of Florence + the Machine, beautifully interwoven with poems, sketches and jottings from her never-before-seen scrapbooks. This is a glimpse into the work and creative processes of a fearles ...Show more
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY. "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each wo ...Show more
WHAT by John Cooper Clarke
$42.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
The "Poet Laureate of Punk" returns with a new collection for his seventy-fifth birthday, applying his trademark wit and wisdom to the everyday.
WHY POETRY MATTERS by PARINI JAY
$26.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Why X Matters Ser.
A brief, passionate book about the nature of poetry and its use in the worldPoetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. ...Show more
Waltzing Australia HB by Tim Borthwick
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
"A unique collection of original Australian bush ballads and the stories that inspired them - in the tradition of Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. WALTZING AUSTRALIA is a wonderful celebration of the Australian bush and the people who live there, written by a gifted storyteller who's spent much of his l ...Show more
What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller'Sharp observations on modern womanhood.' Sunday Times'Exquisite.' Fi GloverA stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend.'When life throws ...Show more