Poetry

Keith's stepmother 'Maw' gives him an ultimatum - at fifteen he either leaves school to work or joins the army. So, Keith departs Auckland and repo...

"Stand your ground/grip your prayer - these are gripping poems, poems with a social conscience, standing their ground." -Anna Jackson "John Howell ...

The bounty of women, how far they’ll go, how far they can stretch – to love, to encompass, to bear. Find them here: bosom-packed, dreamy, dragging ...

Wellington writer Rachel McAlpine blogs and podcasts about living and ageing and is celebrating her 80th birthday with a book of poems. How to Be O...

From the hauntingly serene 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' to the delicacy of his 'Ode to a Nightingale', Keats's poetry is treasured for its eloquence ...

An avid collector of works of art, and long fascinated by how artists see the world, Peter Bland has drawn together poems for his 85th birthday tha...

A collection of classic poems that provides an accessible introduction to John Keat's poetry. Printed in a high quality hardback edition, this volu...

This collection brings together verses that mark the last moments of life, the passing of one stage to another. At a time of grief, we often search...

Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his "free-verse" haiku, the dominant style today. This ...

Siobhan Harvey is the editor of Words Chosen Carefully: New Zealand Writers in Discussion and Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals. He...

Author description Jessica Strand is a cultural programmer, writer, and interviewer. She developed a series of cultural dialogues between writers,...

This third collection of poems from Gordon Challis continues to fulfil Landfall editor Charles Brasch's 1960 prophecy, that what lay ahead for Ch...

More Favourable Waters is an anthology of contemporary poets from Aotearoa New Zealand commemorating one of the world's great poets, Dante Alighier...

In New Sea Land, Tim Jones tells the intimate story of the land and the sea. Awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors' Janet Frame Memorial Award...

No One Home tells the story of Keith Westwater growing up in 1950s New Zealand. At age seven he loses his mother to a botched operation and with he...

Jan FitzGerald’s poems have been widely published in leading New Zealand and overseas literary journals, and she is also a prize-winning short stor...

With themes of longing, transition and memory, 'On elephant's shoulders' explores the poet's South Indian heritage relocated to New Zealand and tri...

Saradhas new poetry collection, Photos of the Sky, starts with a declaration; ends in realisation. In between is a journey of reaching across the T...

This is John's first collection of poetry, and his experiences in New Zealand and overseas covering more than 45 years are reflected in it. Many of...

Spanning across centuries and genres, this comprehensive collection of poetry and quotes celebrates the LGBT experience in all its varied, complex ...

Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders abo...

The poems in Janis Freegard’s new collection take their starting point from the poet’s daily ritual of reading the tea leaves while writing in...

General Fields ISBN : 9781784286729 Publisher : Arcturus Publishing Imprint : Arcturus Publishing Publication date : Marc...

A stunning foiled cover does justice to Shakespeare's elegant sonnets in this first book of a new series of inspirational writing. The sonnets here...