Aeneid: Book VI by Seamus Heaney
$28.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the impo ...Show more
100 Poems: Seamus Heaney by Seamus HEANEY
$28.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection of poems from across the entire arc of his writing life, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this himself, and no other edition exists which has such a broad range, drawing from first to ...Show more
The Pohutukawa Tree by Bruce Mason
$17.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Series: New Zealand playscripts
First published 1960; revised 1963; this revised edition 1988.
Nice Morning For It, Adam by Vincent O'Sullivan
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Poetry category in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2005. The judges said that OÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂSullivan was an extraordinary voice in New Zealand literature, and perhaps, only perhaps, this is best seen in his poetry. Vincent O'Sullivan is one of New Zealand's leading writers. ...Show more
Matuhi: Needle by Hinemoana Baker
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
Best-known nationally for fronting National Radio show, Waiata, Hinemoana Baker is a talented writer and musician with an MA in Creative Writing. This first book, illustrated in colour by Ngai Tahu artist Jenny Rendall, comprises poems with diverse themes including love and gratitude, Te Reo and Maori c ...Show more
The Merino Princess by Bernadette Hall
$15.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
Bernadette Hall is one of the most widely admired contemporary New Zealand poets, with a range that extends from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful. The Merino Princess brings together the best of her five previous collections. First published 2004.
Afternoon of an Evening Train by Gregory O'Brien
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
Gregory OÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂBrien is a poet, anthologist, art writer and painter. Born in Matamata in 1961, he trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland before returning to study art history and English at Auckland University. In ...Show more
Lifted by Bill Manhire
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Series: VUP Classics | Reading Level: very good
Description: The last lines of Bill Manhire's astonishing poem 'Kevin' lie at the heart of this book. These poems want urgently to know how the secular spirit can lift itself in the face of mortality and human violence. They are full of richness and courage and surprise, turning from grief to curiosity; ...Show more
Beauty Sleep by Kate Camp
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
Yes, sleep treats her bad like a man in a country song and it never stays long so says established poet Kate Camp in this, her third collection. It's her best so far, and will both excite existing admirers and win new ones.
Like Love Poems: Selected Poems by Joanna Paul
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
Joanna Margaret Paul, best known for her art, was preparing her writing for publication at the time of her early death. In these 75 luminous poems, edited by poet Bernadette Hall, readers can see the scale of her literary achievement for the first time.
One Shapely Thing: Poems and Journals by Dinah Hawken
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Dinah Hawken's new book is a bold and innovative extension of her previous work. At its heart is a collection of superb new poems. To them, Dinah Hawken has added two prose journals: the first covering the month immediately after 9/11 when she remained in Wellington while her husband traveled to work at ...Show more
Abandoned Novel by David Beach
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
A poem is an opening line plus work. My forte is the opening line but I toil too. I bang my brain upon the page, read through as far as I have got again and again . . (