Laughing Mirror by Douglas Wright
$20.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Following much-acclaimed memoirs Ghost Dance (winner Montana best first non-fiction work) and Terra Incognito, is Douglas Wright's first book of poetry, laughing mirror. Richly illustrated with his own drawings, Douglas's poems contain a raw truthfulness that will be a revelation for those unfamiliar wi ...Show more
Open Book Poetry & Images by Claire Beynon
$50.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
The alphabet is a primitive yet sophisticated instrument of communication. Here it provides a rhythmical structure . People, landscapes, memories of Africa and recent adventures on continents as far-flung as Europe and Antarctica are juxtaposed and brought to life in this first collection.
Spark by Emma Neale
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
"This new collection of poetry will enchant and provoke, comfort and delight. From the hilarious 'True Pregnancy Tales' to the sobering 'The First Stone', in which the author recounts her small child grappling with the adult concepts of war and revenge, Neale moves between storytelling and quiet reflect ...Show more
Mr Maui's Monologues by Peter Bland
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: near fine
DoP - April 2008 80pp Peter Bland's seventh collection of poems. In this new collection his use of the dramatic monologue and his mastery of everyday speech show him to be as moving, humorous and insightful as ever.
Because Paradise by Charlotte Trevella
$20.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Good - Very Good
'There was the wind too, that scoured bald hills for answers, finding only insects to shatter against our skin, our crib rocked in the night: the house built on sand. You held the weather in your eyes, dark and writhing when you turned them to the sky, watched clouds smoulder among the stars.'
Chords by Sam Hunt
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
Secondhand. Sam Hunt has always believed in the essential musicality of a good poem, a belief that has become more intense over the years.Part 1 of this book, ‘the Chords’ that give this collection its title, are a loosely connected group of poems that he feels are best described as a musical score. Str ...Show more
Lost Relatives by Siobhan Harvey
$20.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Siobhan Harvey is the editor of Words Chosen Carefully: New Zealand Writers in Discussion and Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals. Her poetry and prose have appeared in many New Zealand and international magazines and anthologies, and have been broadcast on Radio New Zealand.
The little enemy by Nicholas Reid
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
A collection of poetry.
Peter Bland - Collected Poems 1956 - 2011 by Peter Bland
$45.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
This volume makes possible a proper assessment of the scope and stature of Peter Bland's work. These poems - often witty and beautiful - are a lifetime's achievement, a testament to an ongoing power to engage us in his vision. Peter Bland arrived in New Zealand in 1954 and since the 1970's has divid ...Show more
Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life by Leigh Davis
$40.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
Simple Broken Beautiful is the title on a notebook of poetry written by Leigh Davis in 2008. This was during radiotherapy treatment following surgery for a brain tumour, which was affecting his ability to express himself in words. The notebook writing was the beginning of a work that developed into a lo ...Show more
The Radio Room by Cilla McQueen
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
In The Radio Room, Poet Laureate Cilla McQueen travels space and time, throwing 'thought-lines' from her present-day corner of the world to the ancient Celtic islands of her ancestors ('On a cliff-top above screeching gulls I stand still thinking backwards, antipodean poet grafted from ancient taproot i ...Show more