The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this book, completed before just before his death, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.In the last months of his life, his vision impaired by surgery and unable to read, Clive James exp ...Show more
Woven: First Nations poetic conversations from the Fair Trade project by Red Room Poetry
$27.99 AUD
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
One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse by VARIOUS,
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Category: Poetry
How the night deepens. A ribbon of frost is stretched across the bridge of magpie wings the lovers will cross.' The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshucontains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to th ...Show more
The Highwayman (Poetry) by Alfred Noyes
$17.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and ...Show more
Kindred (PB) by Kirli Saunders
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
This is the breaking, the shattering, the smattering of every limit ever accepted or imposed... Kindred, Kirli Saunders debut poetry collection, is a pleasure to lose yourself in. Kirli has a keen eye for observation, humour and big themes that surround Love/Connection/Loss in an engaging style, complem ...Show more
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot; Edward Gorey (Illustrator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Eliot's famous collection of nonsense verse about cats - the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
$26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blo ...Show more
Banjo's Best Loved Poems: Chosen by His Grand-daughters by Paterson Banjo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The poems in this collection were chosen by Paterson's granddaughters - those that have proved most popular as well as their own particular favourites.Time spent reading ths book will be time spent with old, familiar friends. There is a warmth, richness and humour about the poems of Banjo Paterson that ...Show more
Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
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Category: Poetry
'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the wonderfully varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. He created an extraordinary world filled with bizarre creatures - from the Dong with a luminous nose to the Pobble who has no toe ...Show more
Favourite Poems of Banjo Paterson: A selection of old favourites by Newell Rex
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The "Favourite Poems of Banjo Paterson" have always been, and still remain, firm favourites with most Australians. He was "a poet who captured characters, moments and events which are now part of our national consciousness...no one managed to tell stories which as much wit and humour as 'The Banjo'" Thi ...Show more
ART by Charmaine Papertalk Green, John Kinsella
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two authors began on paper in False Claims of Colonial Thieves (2018). While ART is a collaborative work, each poet’s contribu ...Show more
Rumi: The Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship by Coleman Barks
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Now in paperback, considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature, "The Big Red Book" is one of the masterpieces of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the most popular poet in America.