Poetry

Helen Jacobs wrote her first poem nearly fifty years ago in response to a TV programme on nuclear war. Elaine Jakobsson in her life as a local body...

Birdboy observes the world through a pair of binoculars. Dog trots behind him at a distance, tongue lolling from its slobbery jowls, tail wagging. ...

African poetry is unique in its complexity, both because of its linguistic diversity and the devastating impact of colonialism and slavery. From th...

An outstanding new talent from the South Island, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has published extensively in the Listener and in a variety of NZ and UK p...

An old pond; a frog jumps in: the sound of water - Basho This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book fo...

General Fields ISBN : 9781788886536 Publisher : Arcturus Publishing Limited Imprint : Arcturus Publishing Limited Product Typ...

Carolyn McCurdie hails from the deep south and her poems are made at the hem of a mother's checked tablecloth, the rim of a rain-starved garden and...

Following the publication of his critically acclaimed Collected Poems, Peter Bland's new work has a startling freshness and immediacy. These poems ...

Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick is a collection of poetry by Courtney Sina Meredith. Meredith has established a local and international reputati...

Burst Kisses of an Actual Wind is a tapestry of surprising and shifting verse, focused on connection and displacement, the blurring between interna...

Sure to delight and inspire, this elegant anthology of translated Chinese Poetry features treasured poems, accompanied by lush, colourful artworks,...

Award-winning poet and a distinguished actor Peter Bland (Came a Hot Friday) was born in Yorkshire and emigrated to NZ in 1954. In this new collect...

General Fields ISBN : 9781912945160 Publisher : Mount Orleans Press Imprint : Mount Orleans Press Publication date : May ...

A collection of classic poems that provides an accessible introduction to Shakespeare's poetry. Printed in a high quality cloth edition, this volum...

As we open up to life and love and each other, as we awaken from our dream of separation, we encounter not just the bliss of existence, but its pai...

This is so often our response to grief and loss, when dealing with it ourselves or consoling others. Elizabeth’s father took his own life in 2012. ...

From a long-drop that demands binoculars to Caberfeidh in the Catlins where his father picked plums from the passing train, Richard Langston writes...

Fly Boy - poems about planes and the people who fly them - celebrates a lifelong fascination with flight. About the author: Jeffrey Paparoa Holma...

The characters in these poems are typists, returned servicemen, teachers, people without pretension but with their own colourful inner lives. The ...

Fragments from an Infinite Catalogue is a vivid and eclectic collection of words and images by a scientist and artist who is fascinated by language...

Teeming with beauty and life, gardens have always been rich territory for metaphor and imagination. This elegant anthology features treasured poems...

With an Introduction by Ian Mune and artwork by Robyn Gibson, Ian Rockel’s third collection of poems meditates on family and other intimate relat...

Alastair Clarke’s poetry considerably addresses his re-seeing his country after living for many years overseas.Though this element is not explicit,...

"Tagore's life reminds me to take a step back. The time he allowed himself to learn and dream was a commitment of years and decades."--Rupi Kaur R...