To My Country by Ben Lawson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Ben Lawson was preparing for another Christmas away from home when the Black Summer bushfires began to burn their way across Australia's eastern coast. As the bushfires continued to rage into the new year on an unprecedented scale, Ben, feeling angry, helpless and broken-hearted as he watched the ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Selected poems from a Nobel laureateIn 100 Poems, readers will enjoy the most loved and celebrated poems, and will discover new favorites, from The Cure at Troy to Death of a Naturalist. It is a singular and welcoming anthology, reaching far and wide, for now and for years to come. Seamus Heaney ha ...Show more
100 Poets - A Little Anthology by John Carey
$30.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry A poem seems a fragile thing. Change a word and it is broken. But poems outlive empires and survive the devastation of conquests. Celebrated author John Carey here presents a uniquely valuable ...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 Beginners Guide To Japanese Haiku by William Scott Wilson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
An old pond;a frog jumps in: the sound of water-- Basho This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by William Scott Wilson, the book features 26 poets and 550 haiku, exquisitely translate ...Show more
A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
$32.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
From the benighted 'Old man with a Beard' to the erudite 'Perpendicular Purple Polly', Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. Pelicans and parrots, seals and rhinoceroses and other queer creatures cavorted gaily with Dongs and Pobbles, not to mention the Quangle-Wangles. ...Show more
A Passing On of Shells: 50 Fifty-Word Poems by Simon Lamb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A dazzling collection of poems from an emerging poet, illustrated by Chris Riddell Age range 9+A dazzling collection of poems from an emerging poet, illustrated by Chris RiddellScottish poet Simon Lamb delivers a debut collection for children of fifty luminous poems, each written in exactly fifty words, ...Show more
A Poet for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri
$44.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Allie Esiri’s beautiful gift anthology, <i>A Poet for Every Day of the Year</i>, is the perfect introduction to 366 of the world’s greatest ever verse writers. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new dis ...Show more
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably sh ...Show more
A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return it is With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return ...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