The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry by John; Ryan Kinsella
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state's poets from the 19th century to today. Featuring work from 134 poets, and including the work of many WA Indigenous poets, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and def ...Show more
Australian Poetry Since 1788 by Lehmann, Geoffrey
$69.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: General Adult
A good poem is one that the world can't forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia's foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Incl ...Show more
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Mr A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
These books were originally published in 1914 as a 'pocket editions for the trenches', designed for soldiers to slip into their back pockets and carry with them through their war days. Probably purchased by wives, girlfriends and mothers, they were a little piece of Australia to relish amongst the horro ...Show more
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
$12.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The most cherished of poets, Philip Larkin is a writer with an unrivalled ability to touch readers with his evocations of English life. The Whitsun Weddings, his first volume with Faber and Faber, was published in 1964. This Faber Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Alan Johnson MP. "Larkin, ...Show more
The Awesome Book of Rap, Rhyme and Putrid Poetry by Andy Jones
$14.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The funniest collection of rap, rhyme, riddles and poems you've EVER read! An awesome new collection from the bestselling author of THE ENORMOUS BOOK OF HOT JOKES FOR KOOL KIDS and THE FARTIONARY. Ages 6+
Breaking the Surface by Ian Reid
$35.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Praise from reviewers of Ian Reid's previous booksRhumbs, Woods Hole, Mass. (USA), Pourboire Press'I like best his tough humorous approach and nearly epigrammatic style, his intelligence in using words and his width of focus - taking in not just the immediate situation but its context too. That's rare, ...Show more
Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson
$22.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Black Australian Writers Ser.
Exhilarating road poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties are the hallmarks of this popular young poet. Smoke Encrypted Whispers contains poems from all of Samuel Wagan Watson's publications, as well as his unpublished new work. This generous collection opens with his 1999 Unaipon-winning volume Of Mu ...Show more
Poems that make Grown Men Cry by Anthony Holden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
GROWN MEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO CRY. But in this fascinating anthology, one hundred men - distinguished in literature and film, science and architecture, theatre and human rights - confess to being moved to tears by poems that haunt them. Representing twenty nationalities and ranging in age from their earl ...Show more
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem by Amanda Gorman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. "Stunning" CNN "Dynamic" NPR "Deeply rousing and uplifting" Vogue On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to delive ...Show more
Poems by Wang Wei
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Wang Wei, one of Chinese literature's greatest poets, divided his time between the court and his country estate, where he drew inspiration from the mountains and solitude. His poetry affirms his belief in a whole natural order, and his delicately observed descriptions of landscapes are infused throughou ...Show more