Contemporary Australian Poetry by Martin Langford (Editor); Judith Beveridge (Editor); Judy Johnson (Editor); David Musgrave (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 ...Show more
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Popular Penguins by William Shakespeare
$12.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins
William Shakespeare's sonnets are a beautiful expression of a range of human emotions - from love to grief, anger, jealousy and lust. Including the instantly recognisable 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' as well as a range of other equally moving works, this compilation brings together the compl ...Show more
Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
$27.99 AUD
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
Hamlet: Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
$13.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Pelican Shakespeare Ser.
This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world o ...Show more
Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection An extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects ...Show more
Poems of the Sea by Various
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Poems of the Sea is a rich celebration of crashing waves, rugged coastlines, of seafaring people, of ships and boats, and of the joy of a day at the seaside. From traditional sea shanties to the powerful poetry of Tennyson and nonsense rhymes by Edward Lear, this exhilarating collection captures the tim ...Show more
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Selected poems from a Nobel laureateIn 100 Poems, readers will enjoy the most loved and celebrated poems, and will discover new favorites, from The Cure at Troy to Death of a Naturalist. It is a singular and welcoming anthology, reaching far and wide, for now and for years to come. Seamus Heaney ha ...Show more
The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul by William Sieghart
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
As heard on BBC Radio 4, the essential prescriptions from William Sieghart's poetic dispensaryWhen we're grieving, when we're broken-hearted, and when we find ourselves struggling to understand the things we're feeling, we long for the connection poetry can provide. To find the right poem at that crucia ...Show more
the body country by Susie Anderson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
'I keep looking at the stars to see the universe, but the joke is I am the universe.' the body country is an evocative exploration of a world that too often marginalises and the power of a land that can offer connection. A meditation of wandering and wondering on Country, inviting the reader to understa ...Show more
Jane Austen: Poems both inspiring and witty from the author of 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma' by Jane Austen
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
'Another world must be unfurled, Another language known'Best known - and beloved - for her highly popular novels including Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen was also an accomplished, and often witty, poet:'I am going to have my dinner, after which I shan't be thinner'This ...Show more
Titus Andronicus (The Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (ed Russ McDonald)
$8.95 AUD
Category: Poetry