The Book of Tree Poems by Ana Sampson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Could there be a more pleasant way to spend a warm afternoon than lazing under a tree reading poetry inspired by these shade-giving wonders of the world? Trees have sparked some of the biggest literary imaginations over the ages and - as the climate emergency escalates - it has never been more important ...Show more
The Rain in Portugal - Poems by Billy Collins
$33.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him "America's favorite poet." The Rain in Portugal--a title ...Show more
Let Us Compare Mythologies by Leonard Cohen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Canons Ser.
First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a young man.An unprecedented debut published to immediate accla ...Show more
Penguin's Poems for Life by Laura Barber
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the "seven ages" of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a livin ...Show more
Collected Poems: Patrick Kavanagh by Patrick Kavanagh
$28.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The centenary of Patrick Kavanagh's birth in 2004 provides the ideal opportunity to reappraise one of modern Ireland's greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry - a poetry appropriate for ...Show more
The Major Works by Percy Bysshe Shelley
$31.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford World's Classics
This major new edition, originally commissioned for the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode, brings together a unique combination of Shelley's poetry and prose - the lyric poems, plays, longer poems, criticism, and essays - to give the essence of his work and th ...Show more
Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A powerful version of the Latin classic by England's late Poet Laureate, now in paperback.When it was published in 1997, Tales from Ovid was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right, as the best rering of Ovid in generations, and as a major book in Ted Hughes's oeuvre. The Metamorphoses of O ...Show more
The Hawk in the Rain by Ted Hughes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Modern Classics Ser.
This multi-award winning collection, the first from Ted Hughes, has at its heart the mixture of beauty and violence in the natural world. Dedicated to Sylvia Plath, Hawk in the Rain is a stunning collection of poems on the themes of competition and the struggle for survival. Hughes would go on to become ...Show more
The Heart at 3 am by Peter Bakowski
$14.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
This collection of poems explores urban lonliness and personal vulnerability showing the city life of the teeming, tough, neon lit world of barmen, artists, insomniacs, truck drivers and the destitute with humour, whimsy and jazz. The themes of the city are international with settings including Rome and ...Show more
Poetry Notebook (2006-2014) by Clive James
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry has been nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and in this book h ...Show more
Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems by Robin Robertson
$33.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Sailing the Forest, Robin Robertson's Selected Poems, is the definitive guide to one of the most important poetic voices to have emerged from the UK in the last twenty-five years. Robertson's lyrical, brooding, dark and often ravishingly beautiful verse has seen him win almost every major poetry award; ...Show more
Selected Poems by A.D. Hope
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
An important collection of poetry from one of Australia's greatest poets.