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    The Interview Rose - Elizabeth Smither
    A rose rescues a job interview and other everyday miracles from one of our most treasured poets.The grass with little daisies in it springsas if springs are under my feet. I pokethe ferrule of my umbrella in it, as ifI need a prop for steadiness and yetit is a pretence: waterlogged or notsomething l...
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    Peace and Quiet - Dinah Hawken
    What use is poetry in times of ecological and political turbulence? Peace and Quiet grapples with this question, invoking both human voices and the voices — ‘the silt and the slash’ — of the natural world.Powerful and illuminating, these poems show that peace, gentleness and reflection are a...
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    Ten Poems for Wellbeing (instead of a card)
    There’s an expression: to be comfortable in your own skin. The words contain the idea that it’s possible to be at ease with yourself and your life – and that there’s fulfilment to be found in feeling this way.These thoughtful poems offer moments of pleasure in uncomplicated things – flower...
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    Ten Poems about Dogs (instead of a card)
    The dogs that sniff and scamper their way through the pages of this mini-anthology are of all shapes and sizes. There are hairy dogs, wonky dogs, corgis and pugs. There’s a puppy that loves to swim in the sea and a dog that barks all day until its owners come home again.We can’t help loving dogs...
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    Beyond the Border and other poems - Owen Marshall
    Content in wide, accustomed landscapesI hear the same wind songs there and bird calls too.My wanderings have brought me home, a closingspiral towards the centre of everything I've known.A new poetry collection from master writer Owen Marshall is always to be celebrated, bringing the welcome promise...
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    Poems for Little Ones - Gaby Morgan
    A child’s life should be full of poems, rhymes and songs, and Poems for Little Ones is a celebration of that.Poems for Little Ones combines the best of classic children’s poetry into one anthology featuring a rich range of themes – from animals to nursery rhymes, from nonsense poems to magic...
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    They Bloom Because of You - Jessica Urlichs
    Bestselling author and Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs with a new collection of beautifully observed poems about the ever-evolving journey of motherhood – the hard, the magic and the fleeting.'A raw and honest read that makes you feel seen and understood in a way that will bring you to tears.'...
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    Lyrical Ballads - Bill Manhire
    Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’. In that spirit, many of the poems in this new, dazzling collection blend story and song, and do so using everyday words and phrases that – suddenly, on the page –...
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    Rhyme and Reason: A Short History of British Poetry from the #1 bestselling auth…
    Unruly by David Mitchell meets Super Infinite by Katherine Rundell in this quick, light-hearted and very funny tour through English poetry by bestselling author Mark Forsyth. Some people worry that they don't appreciate poetry; but English poetry wasn't written to be appreciated it was written to be...
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    A Day Like No Other: Selected Poems - James Norcliffe
    James Norcliffe, awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2022, is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinguished and beloved contemporary poets. A Day Like No Other gathers poems from his remarkable career, which includes eleven collections spanning nearly four...
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    Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats - Ursula K. Le Guin
    THE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the literary legend's quirky and winsome cat poems, meditations, and drawingsIncludes the hard-to-find The Art of Bunditsu, plus 30 other delights from a lifetime of reflection on the mystery and magic of catsTHE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the...
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    Words Can Fly - Donna Ashworth
    Uplifting poetry for children from the UK's no. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Wild Hope.This enchanting poetry collection serves as a compassionate guide through the journey of childhood, crafted with wisdom and warmth by No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Ashworth.The perfect gift f...
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    The Dog is Full of Love - Lou Peacock
    A brilliantly illustrated collection of over 30 poems about how we love dogs and they love us - the perfect gift for dog loversLoyal, cheerful, kind and very silly, dogs steal all the space in the bed, and they steal our hearts too. With poems from a wide range of voices, this warm and witty collect...
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    Poems & Prayers - Matthew McConaughey
    From the Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief.My prayers are my poems are my p...
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    This Moment, Every Moment - Ruth Dallas Collected Poems
    I am fastened to the earth.Travelling.Where?– Ruth Dallas, from ‘Night’This Moment, Every Moment is a new and updated edition of the collected poems of internationally renowned Aotearoa New Zealand poet Ruth Dallas. Edited and introduced by Nicola Cummins, and with cover art by Kushana Bush, t...
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    Ten Poems about Weather (instead of a card)
    The weather is always a good topic of conversation, especially if we don’t know the other person very well. Wherever we are on the planet we can’t help noticing when it’s too hot or too cold or something in between.In these ten poems we encounter everything from drought to a hurricane, taking...
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    Touch Screen - Philip Armstrong
    The word ‘touchscreen’ entered the English language in the early 1970s to describe a computer display screen that also functions as an input device operated by touching its surface. In this absorbing collection, Touch Screen, poet Philip Armstrong dismantles this now ubiquitous term and helps us...
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    To the Women: The New Collection of Wise Words Every Woman Needs - Donna Ashworth
    THE COMPLETELY UPDATED COLLECTION WITH OVER 70 BRAND NEW POEMS, FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WILD HOPE AND WORDS TO LIVE BY'Amazing. Donna's words speak to my heart' Davina McCallTo the Women is a celebration of the beauty, strength and joy of being a woman. A love letter to our...
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    Pakiaka - Gabrielle Huria
    Pakiaka, the lean, essential debut volume by Gabrielle Huria, is a timely reminder of how good poetry can be at storytelling. The stories Huria tells are local and cosmic, firmly rooted in Ngāi Tahu whakapapa and Te Waipounamu history but always attuned to the wide, interconnected world.These are a...
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    The Companion to Volcanology - Brent Kininmont
    The Companion to Volcanology is not a field guide to volcanoes. But tectonic shifts are present in Brent Kininmont’s second book of poetry, and so are companions. The child, for instance, carried up a mountain in the titular opening poem, and companions alive to the brevity of their time together...
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    The Midnight Plane: Selected and new poems - Fiona Kidman
    In The Midnight Plane, Dame Fiona Kidman, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinguished writers, to her first and deepest literary love, poetry. This beautifully curated volume opens with selected work from Kidman’s six previous collections, chronologically ordered, and concludes in the prese...
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    Words to Live By: A Daily Journal - Donna Ashworth
    Write Your Way to Clarity and CalmA beautiful daily journal of inspiration, comfort and encouragement, from the UK's No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Wild Hope.'I love her poetry, I love her ethos. I think she's amazing' - DAVINA MCCALLA daily journal of inspiration, comfort and encouragemen...
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    Doggedly Onward A Life in Poems - Pam Ayres
    The ultimate Pam Ayres collection showcasing Britain's favourite poet's lifetime of work, stretching back over more than 50 years'Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life.' The Sunday TimesPam Ayres has spent a lifetime bring...
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    Nice & Naughty Nursery Rhymes : For Grown-Ups & Precocious Kids - Garrick Tremain
    The Cockerel:A noisy little cockerelWould sing at break of day:Dogs would bark, kids would cryFrom bloody miles away.Folk signed a petitionTo say it wasn’t proper;The cockerel said “Hey get a life!I’m Bantam of the Opera". A collection of “Nice and Naughty" rhymes each illustrated with Garri...
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