Greek Lyric - The New School of Poetry and Anonymous Songs and Hymns by David A. Campbell (Edited and Translated by)
$66.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Towards the end of the fifth century BCE Aristophanes and the other writers of comedy used contemporary poets and musicians as targets for their jokes, making fun of their innovations in language and music. The dithyrambs of Melanippides, Cinesias, Phrynis, Timotheus, and Philoxenus are remarkable examp ...Show more
Risalo by Shah Abdul Latif; Christopher Shackle
$99.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Murty Classical Library of India Ser.
Shah Abdul Latif's Risalo is acknowledged across Pakistan and the wider diaspora as the greatest classic of Sindhi literature. In this collection of short Sufi verses, originally composed for musical performance, the poet creates a vast imaginative world of interlocking references to traditional Islamic ...Show more
The Killing of Shishupala by Magha; Paul Dundas
$89.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Murty Classical Library of India Ser.
Magha's The Killing of Shishupala, written in the seventh century, is a celebrated example of the Sanskrit genre known as mahākāvya, or great poem. This adaptation from the epic Mahābhārata tells the story of Shishupala, who disrupts Yudhishthira's coronation by refusing to honor Krishna, the king's pri ...Show more
Adrienne Rich - Poetry and Prose by Adrienne Rich; Albert Gelpi; Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi; Brett C. Millier
$47.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
"I do use your edition of Rich each time I teach my women writers course. It's essential " --JOELLEN DELUCIA, Central Michigan University
1953 by Geoff Page
$24.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Ser.
A moment in time, an Australian country town and characters to remember, all brought to life in engaging verse. 1953 is a unique verse narrative composed of monologues and verse portraits. Together, these build towards the story of an Australian town, Eurandangee, and its people on a particular summer's ...Show more
Poems of Faith - Inspiring Verse for Strength and Comfort by Dover; Bob Blaisdell (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Poetry has long been a source of comfort and inspiration in times of struggle and celebration, and this carefully curated selection of over 100 American and British poems offers readers a profound collection of verse for those who are steadfast in their faith or those who are looking to renew it. This b ...Show more
Carrying the World by Maxine Beneba Clarke
$26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
'one of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade' - Overland Literary Journal A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate relationship wit ...Show more
Sentenced to Life by Clive James
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In his insightful collection of poems Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which - for all their open dealings with death and illness - are primarily a celebration of what is trea ...Show more
The River in the Sky by Clive James
$32.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
'One of the most important and influential writers of our time' Sunday Times Clive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Inj ...Show more
Jungle Nama - A story of the Sundarban by Amitav Ghosh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
'One of the finest writers of his generation' Financial TimesThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts,crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts.This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth;to a vast jungle that joins Ocean and Earth.Jungle Nama is a beautifully illustrated ...Show more
The Darkening Ecliptic by Ern Malley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
In 1944 the Australian literary world was rocked by a hoax which was to become a worldwide scandal. Ern Malley, deceased motor mechanic and poet, was the invention of two Sydney poets, James McAuley and Harold Stewart, who were intent on proving that modern poetry was a sham. The work of Malley comprise ...Show more