The Poetry of Birds by Samuel Carr
$29.99 AUD
Category: poetry
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to birds for inspiration. In this collection Audubon's iconic birds illuminate, as well as illustrate, the poems. Since the poets and the painters here ...Show more
Poetry Please by Roger McGough
$24.99 AUD
Category: poetry
BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception. The BBC has ...Show more
New and Selected Poems by Seamus Heaney
$35.00 AUD
Category: poetry
"His is "close-up" poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich, fecund, lived life that Heaney does." (John Banville). "More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world i ...Show more
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri
$42.99 AUD
Category: poetry
A magnificent collection of 365 passages from Shakespeare's works, for the Shakespeare scholar and neophyte alike.Make Shakespeare a part of your daily routine with Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, a yearlong collection of passages from Shakespeare's greatest works. Drawing from the full spectrum ...Show more
The RHS Book of Garden Verse by Royal Horticultural Society
$24.99 AUD
Category: poetry
From the RHS comes this celebration of the garden through poetry, illustrated with botanical prints, engravings and watercolour drawings from the world-famous Lindley Library. From the Garden of Eden to small backyards, from scented memories to bonfires and neighbour's rights, from suggestive slugs to ...Show more
Our Home is Dirt by Sea by Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited
$17.99 AUD
Category: poetry | Reading Level: 8+
Dianne Bates has complied a fabulous collection of poetry written by over thirty different Australian poets for Australian children. Topics include school, family, special events like birthdays and Christmas, animals and sports.
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
$29.99 AUD
Category: poetry | Reading Level: very good
The #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. This clothbound edition features deckled edg ...Show more
Poems: 1962-2020 by Louise Gluck
$22.99 AUD
Category: poetry
For the past fifty years, Louise Glück has been a major force in modern poetry, distinguished as much for the restless intelligence, wit and intimacy of her poetic voice as for her development of a particular form: the book-length sequence of poems. This volume brings together the twelve collections Gl ...Show more
A Happy Poem to End Every Day (HB) by Jane McMorland Hunter
$39.99 AUD
Category: poetry | Series: Batsford Poetry Anthologies Ser.
These days we're all in need of a little nugget of happiness to help soothe our weary souls at the end of the day. A Happy Poem to End Every Day provides just that: one sublimely happy poem for every day of the year, from cosy fireside idylls in winter to outdoor adventures in summer, encounters with th ...Show more
Poems About Birds by H. J. Massingham
$22.99 AUD
Category: poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them. This annotated edition of Poems About Birds selects the very best from H. J. ...Show more
Christmas Garland: Ten Evergreen Poems by VARIOUS AUTHORS
$14.99 AUD
Category: poetry
It's almost impossible to imagine Christmas without the natural embellishments of holly, ivy and mistletoe. This latest mini-anthology from Candlestick belongs to our new 'Christmas Collection' series and contains brand new poems by ten leading contemporary poets. A fall of snow, a returning robin, gath ...Show more
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
$22.99 AUD
Category: poetry
'Bright Dead Things buoyed me in this dismal year. I'm thankful for this collection, for its wisdom and generosity, for its insistence on holding tight to beauty even as we face disintegration and destruction.' Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told YouA book of bravado and introspection, of femi ...Show more