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The Rocky Shore by Jenny Bornholdt
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
POETRY Category Winner A collection of longish poems. In these talky poems, Bornholdt ranges over a wide variety of territory - love, death, children, illness, bread-making and the garden. All the big themes. First published October 2008.
Edgeland: And Other Poems by David Eggleton
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
The poetry in David Eggletons new collection "possesses an intensity and driven energy, using the poets recognisable signature oratory voice, strong in beat and measure, rooted in rich traditions of chant, lament and ode.Mashing together the lyrical and the slangy, celebrating local vernaculars whilesim ...Show more
Horse with Hat by Marty Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Marty Smith grew up in remote hill country between Pahiatua and the sea. Although her father and grandmother lived on the same farm, one at each end, her father never spoke to her grandmother in her living memory, and their feud is the subject of quite a few poems. They also look at the effects of the g ...Show more
The Leaf-Ride by Dinah Hawken
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
There is a remarkable range of poems in The Leaf-Ride as it travels along in its 'down-welling, up-welling drift': poems that range from the power of a single word to the horror of violence to the joy of a newborn child. At the heart of the book are three sequences to stand alongside those that have for ...Show more
Bullet Hole Riddle by Miriam Barr
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Bullet Hole Riddle is a three-part narrative sequence charting one person's journey to make sense of an unwanted history. Framing personal experience as a series of collective acts, Miriam Barr's first major collection of poetry tells a story about the human psyche and the spaces between us.
Breath Dances by Peter Bland
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Following the publication of his critically acclaimed Collected Poems, Peter Bland's new work has a startling freshness and immediacy. These poems celebrate a growing spiritual awareness of everyday life and the gifts of the natural world. They are spoken in a wonderfully fluent and imaginative voice. ...Show more
Selected Poems, 1963-2013 by Kevin Ireland
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Kevin Ireland lives in Devonport and is one of New Zealand's most prominent and well-loved writers. This is his 20th book of poetry, 50 years after his first book in 1963, Face to Face. His most recent book was Dreamy Days & Nothing Done (2012). He has also published a collection of short stories, S ...Show more
Hunting Elephants by Peter Bland
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
At 80, Peter Bland's new collection celebrates what he calls 'the extraordinary in the ordinary'. There's a remarkable imaginative zest in this new work that follows on from his highly popular Breath Dances.
A Little Book Of Sonnets by Julie Leibrich
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
First Tomato: 'A certain tradition we had. First fruit inspired it. You carried it in and placed it on a plate. We all stood round and silently admired it. Mum polished it up. The room would radiate. When we'd had our feast of sight and scent, you'd cut it into four and pass it round. This torrent of ta ...Show more
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt by Tusiata Avia
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
This vivacious collection of poetry charts the author's experience with the sometimes painful intersection of New Zealand and Samoan cultures in her life. Alive with the energy and rhythm of performance poetry and oral traditions, these poems reshape common understanding of New Zealand culture.
There are No Horses in Heaven by MCMILLAN FRANKIE
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
There are no horses in heaven is a warm, delightful collection from poet Frankie McMillan, full of vivid phrasing, eerie moments, and a colourful cast of characters. Readers will keep recalling and revisiting these poems: they tingle with the same sense of the ineffable, like certain chords in musical p ...Show more
