The Hawk in the Rain by Ted Hughes
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
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, The 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 be ...Show more
Another Time by W.H. Auden
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Another Time was the first volume that Auden published after his departure to America with Christopher Isherwood in January 1939. It was dedicated to Chester Kallman. The poems, some of which date from the early thirties, are about people, places and the intellectual climate of the times, and they show ...Show more
Selected Poems by Marianne Moore
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: FABER 90TH ANNIVERSAY GIFT ED
A reissue of the 1935 Selected Poems, which, with an Introduction by T. S. Eliot, brought Moore's work to the attention of a wider public. This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten key titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.
The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning, and numerous subtleties. Rich with allusions to the religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, ancient literature, and Eliot's own life, the poem continues to ...Show more
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as Lady Lazarus, Daddy, Edge and Paralytic, were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963. "If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same t ...Show more
The Best 100 Poems of Les Murray by Les Murray
$23.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Including classics such as 'The Broad Bean Sermon', 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' and 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever', this is guaranteed to delight Murray fans and introduce new readers to his work. This is a wonderful gift, and a treasure trove of the best poems ever written in Australia.
Love Is Strong As Death: Poems Chosen by Paul Kelly by Paul Kelly
$40.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he loves - poems that have inspired and challenged him over the years, a number of which he has set to music. This wide-ranging and deeply moving anthology combines the ancient and the modern, the hallowed ...Show more
Complete Poems - John Keats by John Keats
$17.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Alma Classics Great Poets
Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.Despite his tragically short life, John Keats, a self-co ...Show more
You Took the Last Bus Home: The Poems of Brian Bilston by Brian Bilston
$20.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
You Took the Last Bus Home is the first and long-awaited collection of ingeniously hilarious and surprisingly touching poems from Brian Bilston, the mysterious 'Poet Laureate of Twitter'. With endless wit, imaginative wordplay and underlying heartache, he offers profound insights into modern life, expl ...Show more
Hybrida by Tina Chang
$41.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
A stirring and confident examination of mixed-race identity, violence, and history skillfully rendered through the lens of motherhood. In this timely, assured collection, Tina Chang confronts the complexities of raising a mixed-race child during an era of political upheaval in the United States. She rum ...Show more
The Nectar of Pain by Najwa Zebian
$28.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain--day by day, hour by hour, and second by second--is the real work of healing. With uncommon warmth and wisdom, Zebian empowers al ...Show more
Arthur Rimbaud Complete Works by Paul Schmidt; Arthur Rimbaud
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: P. S. Ser.
One of the world's most influential poets, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, almost all of which he produced before the age of twenty. Paul Schmidt's acclaimed collection brings together his complete poetry, prose ...Show more