Cats in Spring Rain: A Celebration of Feline Charm in Japanese Art and Haiku by Aya Kusch
27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
No one captures the graces and idiosyncrasies of cats quite like the painters, printmakers, and haiku masters of Japan. From the Edo to the Showa period, many artists turned their gaze toward an unlikely subject: their small feline companions. Closely observed portraits in words and ink elevate the ever ...Show more
Ten Poems about Horses by ALISON BRACKENBURY
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
The poems in this selection take us on an exhilarating canter through our friendships with horses. Along the way, we meet an edgy stallion waiting for his winter bale and a pony picking her way across paddocks after having her hooves trimmed: "...she sidled through the silver air pretending to shy at sh ...Show more
PETONE BEACH & Other Poems by John Davidson
22.50 NZD
Category: Poetry
In his sixth collection, John Davidson writes warm, wise poems about encounters with people and situations, both real and imaginary, over many decades, and reflects on some of the issues that life confronts us with. “Part-poetic journal of everyday encounters, part-imaginary memoir, John Davidson’s six ...Show more
Peter Bland - Collected Poems 1956 - 2011 by Peter Bland
44.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
This volume makes possible a proper assessment of the scope and stature of Peter Bland's work. These poems - often witty and beautiful - are a lifetime's achievement, a testament to an ongoing power to engage us in his vision. Peter Bland arrived in New Zealand in 1954 and since the 1970's has divid ...Show more
Ten Poems of Hope by CASPER ANNIE-SOPHIE
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
We couldn't survive without hope that light at the end of the tunnel which seems to promise 'this will pass' when times are hard. These poems offer hope in a whole range of guises from the uplift of the first signs of spring to the infectious optimism of a child who believes he will live for ever if he ...Show more
Christmas Crackers: Ten Poems to Surprise and Delight by VARIOUS AUTHORS
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
The best things come in little packages. This latest mini-anthology from Candlestick belongs to our new 'Christmas Collection' series and contains brand new poems by ten leading contemporary poets. The poems range from the surreal to the tenderly nostalgic, taking in the perils of an over-crowded shoppi ...Show more
Ten Poems about Grandparents by LIZ SOAR
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
This title from Candlestick Press is something of a departure: all the poems have been chosen by pupils at Headington School and the selection includes contributions written by the students themselves and by their English teacher, Liz Soar. The pupils were diligent editors and their choices reflect the ...Show more
At The Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
At the Point of Seeing is the extraordinary debut collection from Ōtepoti Dunedin poet Megan Kitching. Poised, richly observant and deftly turned, Kitching’s poems bestow a unique attention upon the world. Her eye is finely attuned to the well-trodden yet overlooked – the places between ‘dirt and thumb’ ...Show more
Ten Poems about Cats by VARIOUS AUTHORS
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
These lovely poetry pamphlets make perfect presents - unusual, beautiful, worthwhile and definitely not for throwing away. They come with an envelope and bookmark left blank for your message. Interesting and enjoyable to read they make an excellent introduction to the work of contemporary and historic p ...Show more
Ten Poems about Dogs by DAME JENNY MURRAY
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
A beautiful alternative to a greeting card, this lovely collection of ten poems comes complete with an envelope - perfect to accompany a gift, or unusual enough to be a gift on its own.
Ten Poems about Bicycles by DI SLANEY
15.99 NZD
Category: Greeting Cards, Notecards & Postcards
This second edition of our much-loved mini-anthology of bicycle poems is a real treat. Invigorated by some delightful new poems, the selection takes us along the highways and byways of cycling lore, from a freewheeling nun relishing the exhilaration of being on a bike on a hot summer's day to the young ...Show more