Paradise - Point of Transmission by Andrew Sutherland
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Paradise (point of transmission) is a poetry collection placed within a sequence of physical and psychic transitional spaces: from seronegative to seropositive; from 'adopted' Singaporean to the poet finding his place again as an adult in the Perth of his childhood; and from being secretive about his HI ...Show more
Persuasion by Jane Austen
$14.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Her last completed novel, marrying witty social realism to a 'Cinderella' love story, Jane Austen's "Persuasion" is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in "Penguin Classics". Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and still single, seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth, she broke off an engagement to ...Show more
Pieces That Fit - And Other Poems Set in Melbourne by Steph Amir; Ben Harmon (Designed by)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Books by Neighbours
Pieces That Fit is a collection of poems -- some autobiographical, others speculative but inspired by real events -- set in Melbourne. The book is divided into five parts. The first four are North, East, South and West, reflecting the poet's experiences and observations across each geographical area of ...Show more
Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
*AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021***Selected as one of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021**'Profound and singular, smart and sad and funny. . . We need Pilgrim Bell.' TOMMY ORANGEWith formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar's second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of d ...Show more
Plague Animals by Rebecca Edwards
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
In this long-awaited second collection, award-winning poet Rebecca Edwards distills the experience of physical and mental trauma; the breakdown of her relationship with her eldest daughter, the attrition of mental illness. Each poem is an act of salvage, commemorating and celebrating the small, the over ...Show more
Please Stop Touching Me... and Other Haikus by Cats by Jamie Coleman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Please Stop Touching MeEvery time you doI have to lick everywhereIt's so exhausting From the author of What I Lick Before Your Face comes this hilarious companion, Please Stop Touching Me ... and Other Haikus by Cats. Jamie Coleman returns with this brilliant collection of feline flights of fancy. His ...Show more
Plot by Claudia Rankine
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The stunningly original exploration of pregnancy and childbirth by the acclaimed author of Citizen.In this, the landmark achievement that crowned the first phase of her writing career, Claudia Rankine invites us into the lives of Liv and her husband Erland, as they find themselves propelled into the cla ...Show more
Poems That Do Not Sleep / قصائد لا ينام (Arabic/English) by Hassan al Nawwab
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Hassan Al Nawwab is a former Iraqi soldier who came to Australia after the war with his family 20 years ago. With devastating simplicity, these imagistic poems speak of war and terror, of homesickness in exile, the blessings of peace and the pain of belonging. The collection is in two parts, 'Tree Flyin ...Show more
Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them by Anthony Holden, Ben Holden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A unique collection of poetry so powerful that 100 grown men--bestselling authors, poets laureate, and other eminent figures from the arts, sciences, and politics--have been moved to tears. Here they deliver touching and insightful personal introductions to a range of beloved poems. Grown men don't ...Show more
Poems for a World Gone Sh*T by author
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
DISCOVER THE AMAZING POWER OF POETRY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST F**KED UP TIMES FEEL BETTER A beautiful little book of short, simple, classic and contemporary poems to dip into, to make life feel better. From Shakespeare and Shelley to Lemn Sissay and Kate Tempest, poets have always been the best at showin ...Show more
Poems of John Keats: Popular Penguins by John Keats
$12.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
John Keats (1795-1821) asked that his gravestone carry only the phrase 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.' But although his life was short, he left work that sets his name among the greatest in English poetry, and the most admired by other poets. This pocket-sized selection for general readers ...Show more
Poetic Edda (PB) by Jackson (TRN) Crawford
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Hackett Classics
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, con ...Show more