The Dead Are Always Laughing At Us by Dominic Hoey; design by Trudi Hewitt
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
The Dead Are Always Laughing At Us is a collaboration between Dominic Hoey and designer Trudi Hewitt. The poems were mostly written during lock-down as a way to try and stay sane while the world lost its collective mind. “Accessibility has shaped the way I write and perform. I’ve always resisted the id ...Show more
Talia by Isla Huia
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties an ...Show more
Woven: First Nations poetic conversations from the Fair Trade project by Red Room Poetry, Anne-Marie Te Whiu (ed.)
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
to open up / to respond as genuinely as possible / to offer hope / we want things to change / weaving solidarity from place and history / into collective purpose (Ellen Van Neerven and Layli Long Soldier) Following from the much-loved Guwayu anthology, this second collaboration between Red Room Poetry ...Show more
Beautiful Chaos: On Motherhood, Finding Yourself and Overwhelming Love by Jessica Urlichs
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Selected poems from bestselling author and Instagram poet, Jessica Urlichs. Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood - capturing everything from pregnancy to scho ...Show more
The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison
$21.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Unearth the glorious mysteries that lie beneath our feet with 15 fun and fact-filled poems about soil--what it is, how it's made, and who lives in it! A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Named to the Texas Bluebonnet Master List Spectacular vertical panoramas illustrating life underground ac ...Show more
Ten Poems about Wine by VARIOUS AUTHORS
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
John Keats' beaker of the warm South must be the most famous glass of wine in poetry. Who could fail to remember the beaded bubbles and the purple-stained mouth ? We can almost taste the rich berry notes as we read. This selection features part of that much-loved paean to a luscious red, alongside poems ...Show more
Ten Poems about Art by GEOFF DYER
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Category: Poetry
Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dyer's remarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes. We find ourselves ...Show more
Ten Poems about Bees by BRIGIT STRAWBRIDGE HOWARD
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Category: Poetry
Bees work hard, and there is something in their diligence that touches us. Most of us see only a fraction of their absorbing routines but their 'bee-lines' through our parks and gardens are more than enough to suggest their dedication: "...they make a life for themselves that knows no let-up through hou ...Show more
Ten Poems for a Wedding by KATHRYN BEVIS
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Category: Poetry
A wedding isn't a wedding without a poem. The enduring quality of great poetry seems to promise that all will be well for a couple on the threshold of marriage. You'll be dazzled by the brilliance and beauty of this selection, which offers everything from heartfelt blessings to reflections on the rich r ...Show more
Ten Poems about Fathers by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry
This mini anthology is a wonderful introduction to the countless poems written about fathers and fatherhood. Father William is present, of course, a feisty figure who reminds us that age is entitled to have the last word. There's affection and humour, alongside tender remembrance. In one poem a father c ...Show more
Ten Poems about Grandparents by LIZ SOAR
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Category: Poetry
This title from Candlestick Press is something of a departure: all the poems have been chosen by pupils at Headington School and the selection includes contributions written by the students themselves and by their English teacher, Liz Soar. The pupils were diligent editors and their choices reflect the ...Show more
Ten Poems about Birds by KATHARINE TOWERS
$15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.