Sonnets by William Shakespeare
$19.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Shakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful and often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer's skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form and creating something unique in every one. ...Show more
The Sonnets (Pelican Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
$7.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Pelican Shakespeare S.
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the d ...Show more
Selected Poems: Keats by John Keats
$22.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems of such beauty, imagination and generosity of spirit, that he had - unwittingly - fulfilled his wish that he should 'be among the English po ...Show more
Selected Poems: W H Auden by W.H. Auden
$29.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
For many years there existed a general feeling that the selection made by Auden himself in 1968 was far from satisfactory. It was too short to provide a full introduction to such a large body of work; perhaps it was too weighted in favour of the later poetry; at the time it was made some famous poems, o ...Show more
Young Rain by Kevin Hart
$22.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Kevin Hart is an Australian poet. This is his seventh collection of poetry, which grapples with the big questions of death, love, sex, and belief. The poems are earthy and grounded in the small details of place and speech.
Penguin's Poems for Life by Laura Barber
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the "seven ages" of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a livin ...Show more
Christine Rossetti : Selected Poems by Christina Rossetti
$24.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
This new selection of Rossetti's poems brings together works by one of the most significant nineteenth-century English poets. It includes an illuminating introduction, a chronology of Rossetti's life and works, and explanatory notes. First published 2008.
Shades of the Sublime &the Beautifu by KINSELLA John
$24.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Explores issues of sublimity and beauty, contemplates the aesthetic and the transcendent, examines nature and the artificial. John Kinsella is one of Australia's most internationally respected poets.
Revolving Days by David Malouf
$26.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Ser.
An up-to-the-minute selection by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. Malouf's best poems, with their grace and intelligence, remain among the finest examples of the Australian lyric. An essential compendium for all lovers of literature.
Selected Poems by Les A. Murray (Editor)
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
This is the first port of call for anyone wanting to experience the poetry of Les Murray. Completely up to date, it contains Murray's finest work (excluding Fredy Neptune), selected by the poet himself. This beautifully designed edition is also the perfect gift for someone wanting an introduction to Aus ...Show more
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost by Harold Bloom
$30.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Almost all other poetry anthologies have been edited and annotated by a committee of scholars. This is entirely Bloom's selection with his own inimitable commentary. This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book ...Show more
Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen
$24.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is Cohen's eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title, Book of Mercy, and his hugely successful 1993 publication, Stranger Music, a Globe and M ...Show more