A Shropshire Lad And Other Poems by A.E. Housman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and "A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems" is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This "Penguin Classics" edition is introduced by Nick Laird with revisions by Archie Burnett and an afterword by Joh ...Show more
Human Chain by Seamus Heaney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. "Human Chain" also broaches ...Show more
Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett by Kate Lilley
$29.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Leading Australian literary figure, Dorothy Hewett is remembered and rediscovered in this very personal book of selected poetry. Compiled by Dorothy's daughter, the poet and literary scholar Kate Lilley, Selected Poems encapsulates Hewett's enduring themes of grief, loss, despair and memory.
Wimmera by Homer Rieth
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Replacing the battles of heroes and gods with the struggle of mortal humans with time and space, 'Wimmera' re-invents the epic. 'Wimmera' is the history of a region and seedbed of a vision where 'the bunyip indeed lays down with the manticore.' There is nothing like it anywhere.
Ideal Cities by Erika Meitner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitner's "Ideal Cities" moves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetry--a winner of the 2009 Nati ...Show more
Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems by Harold Bloom
$49.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
'By definition, all living poets are excluded from this book. Myself seventy-nine years of age, I grieve still for many of these poets who were my friends. But knowledge, not pathos, is my purpose in gathering this anthology. Lastness is a part of knowing' - Harold Bloom. Harold Bloom is undisputedly th ...Show more