The Awesome Book of Rap, Rhyme and Putrid Poetry by Andy Jones
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Category: Poetry
The funniest collection of rap, rhyme, riddles and poems you've EVER read! An awesome new collection from the bestselling author of THE ENORMOUS BOOK OF HOT JOKES FOR KOOL KIDS and THE FARTIONARY. Ages 6+
Odes by Sharon Olds
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Category: Poetry
Following the Pulitzer prize-winning collectionStag s Leap, Sharon Olds gives us a stunning book of odes. Opening with the powerful and tender Ode to the Hymen, Olds addresses and embodies, in this age-old poetic form, many aspects of love and gender and sexual politics in a collection that is centered ...Show more
Naked Human by Christopher Poindexter
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Category: Poetry
The second edition of Christopher Poindexter's first book, Naked Human, is an exploration of humanity at its finest and at its worst. This is a story written between 2011-2015 about the discovery of what makes us human: doing whatever it takes to keep the loneliness away.
Greek Elegiac Poetry by Douglas E. Gerber (Edited and Translated by); Mimnermus; Solon
$77.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Loeb Classical Library
The Greek poetry of the archaic period that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. Douglas Gerber provides a translation of the fragments and significant testimonia that have ...Show more
Spring and All by William Carlos Williams
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Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Spring and All is a manifesto of the imagination - a hybrid of alternating sections of prose and free verse that coalesce in dramatic, energetic, and beautifully cryptic statements of how language re-creates the world. Spring and All contains some of Williams's best-known poetry, including Section I, wh ...Show more
Women's Voices - Poetry and Letters by Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
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Category: Poetry | Series: Verse to Inspire Ser.
In a celebration of women's voices throughout history, this collection brings together powerful and diverse writing from around the world. From the Greek poet Sappho to Emily Bronte, the selection of lyrical work and written correspondence brims with illuminating contemplations on life, the nature of hu ...Show more
The Story of Manu by Allasani Peddana; Velcheru Narayana Rao; David Shulman
$94.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Murty Classical Library of India Ser.
Manucaritramu, or The Story of Manu, by the early sixteenth-century poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is the story of Svarochisha M ...Show more
Selected Ghazals and Other Poems by Mir Taqi Mir; Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
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Category: Poetry | Series: Murty Classical Library of India Ser.
Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (1723-1810) is widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in the Urdu language. His massive output--six divans--was produced in Delhi and Lucknow during the high tide of Urdu literary culture.Selected Ghazals and Other Poems offers a comprehensive collection of Mir's finest ghaz ...Show more
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World by Naomi Shihab Nye
$36.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
From the East and from the West, from across the oceans, from places where it is tomorrow or even yesterday, from 68 countries come 129 unforgettable voices that will thrill, sadden, surprise, and exhilarate. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A Booklist Editors' Choice.
A ELEGY FOR EMILY by PAGE, GEOFF
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Category: Poetry
The short but remarkable career of American jazz guitarist, Emily Remler (1957-1990), ended with her death, amid still-disputed circumstances, in Sydney in 1990 while on tour. Emily played with virtually all the major jazz guitarists of the era and recorded six albums under her own name during the 1980s ...Show more
Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith
$38.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize * Poet Laureate of the United States ** A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice ** A New Yorker, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose "lyri ...Show more