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	Fifty ' Odd ' Poems	by Neil Davies Dec. 26, 2011	$2.99	8045 words	Sample 30%
	A collection of comedy poems ranging from the sweet to the very rude. Some inspired by the things children say. Others by things I have heard or seen, and others various jokes that suit rhyming. There should be a rhyme for all tastes. I hope you find one to make you belly laugh or at leasr make you smile a while.
	Titanic	by James Fitzpatrick Dec. 24, 2011	$2.95	6875 words	Sample 20%
	Titanic is written in ‘Triplicism’ and revolves around a conversation between SO or SM Lightoller (Highest Ranked) surviving officer on RMS Titanic and Millvina Dean a two month old who was carried from the sinking ship. She was steerage, which is third class, and was saved in a bundle of cloth, but would have no memory of what happened.
	The Many Colours of Ink	by Máire Morrissey-Cummins Dec. 22, 2011	$5.00	7588 words	Sample 20%
	After years of working in the Financial world, looking after a husband and two children, I have stopped working and found a creative streak. My husband works abroad and both children have flown the nest so this is "my time" and writing is something new and exciting. I thank my family for their patience listening to me every time I had a new poem and my writing group online, amazing people:)
	A Rainy Evening	by Terry Trainor Dec. 19, 2011	$4.95	34763 words
	Skipping through meadows of time. By cottage doors and walls, where the honeysuckle stoops, where warm blue sky, adorns homes with beauty and sweetness, sits an old man who has done his days work on this earth, rests in sunshine, the breath of flowers enriching his day.
	Life ... (plus ten)	by Barnaby Wilde Dec. 19, 2011	$0.99	9942 words	Sample 30%
	A collection of verse taking a sideways view of life from birth to death and points between. Ten new poems added.
	Noontide of the Year's Day	by Terry Trainor Dec. 14, 2011	$4.95	34763 words
	A book about the beauty and the power of nature two hundred years ago. The people who lived in that era and how they lived their lives. A book of history, beauty and how the elements ruled their lives.
	Poetry Collection	by Kirstyanne Ross Dec. 14, 2011	$1.00	4480 words	Sample 5%
	A Collection of Poetry written over the last two years.
	A Book of Christmas Poems	by Kirstyanne Ross Dec. 14, 2011	Free!	2713 words	Read a sample
	A poem a day for advent.
	Animalia	by Barnaby Wilde Dec. 13, 2011	Free!	5207 words	Read a sample
	Quirky verses with a loosely animal related theme, including armadillos, camels, stick insects, elephants and dodos, but not necessarily in that order.
	The Nonsensical Ramblings of a Beard	by Ashley Paddon Dec. 05, 2011	$1.49	1773 words	Sample 15%
	A small collection of nonsense poetry and haiku.
	Lauren Black Perfume	by Russell Gulliver Nov. 30, 2011	Free!	4506 words	Read a sample
	Russell Gulliver presents Lauren Black Perfume (or Lauren Black Perfume) is a poetry book.
	Ice Melts	by Phyllis Anderson Nov. 27, 2011	$1.99	4381 words	Sample 20%
	My first collection of poetry is inspired by the natural landscape, observations which evoke lasting impressions. Turn each page to reveal a rich treasury of images, ephemeral yet universal topics which are bound to leave a lasting impression in the heart of every reader.
	Quaker Holmes and Other Poems	by Pete Owen Williams Nov. 23, 2011	$1.99	10388 words	Sample 20%
	A collection of poems set mostly in industrial South Wales but also ranging as far away as Chile and General Pinochet, Sierra Leone, Africa. The poems deal with current social and political issues. The collection also includes some performance poems.
	Tracks of Life	by Christopher John Scott Nov. 11, 2011	Free!	1176 words	Read a sample
	A follow up from my successful first book Poems of Life. Taking from life's experiences, I hope you enjoy my thoughts on love lost, infatuation and remembering past loves. These are from the heart.
	A Poem for Me	by Jude Wharton Nov. 03, 2011	$1.50	6810 words	Sample 20%
	This is a selection of some of the poems that I have written over the two years between Autumn 2009 and Autumn 2011. Some of them were written with the intention of being song lyrics and I have written melodies for them, but at the moment I feel they are stronger just as words.
	The Personal Touch	by Joe Solomon Nov. 02, 2011	Free!	7034 words	Read a sample
	A unique collection of poems that are sometimes comical, sometimes satirical, sometimes lyrical, sometimes personal, and sometimes (perish the thought!) political - and sometimes all of these together. A veritable wordfest, tasty and tempting even to those who think they dislike poetry.
	Collywobblers	by Mary Cook Oct. 30, 2011	$2.99	3628 words	Sample 20%
	Collywobblers is an offbeat collection of humour/horror poetry written by British author Mary Cook and published by Betty Dobson's InkSpotter Publishing of Canada.
	From The Mind Of Madness	by Chris Barber Oct. 30, 2011	$2.00	9593 words	Sample 20%
	A poetry book that charts my journey from one extreme to another: from love to hate; from faith to despair; from sanity to insanity and almost back again and from darkness to the divine...
	Ghosts across our landscape - Haunting Tales & Living Verse of Ulaid	by Colin T. Mercer Oct. 28, 2011	$2.99	20405 words	Sample 10%
	Ireland has a rich and proud history, of tragedies and triumphs, of ghosts. It is a land of special resonances. It is therefore befitting that among his own explorations in verse of what his land means to him, Colin T. Mercer should interweave a series of ghost stories while his original poetry stands in awe of, and daily inspired by, the magnificence of the countryside of Ulaid.
	Reflections	by William Andrews Oct. 28, 2011	$1.50	1471 words	Sample 20%
	Has the life you do not wish for already begun
	C.Sense	by William Andrews Oct. 28, 2011	$1.50	1342 words	Sample 15%
	Escaping from common logic is some times mistaken for freedom
	When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems	by John Hughes Oct. 12, 2011	$3.00	11912 words	Sample 15%
	When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems is about how relationships form and dissolve in the most unlikely of places, how the old wars of the heart bemuse and confound.
	Flowering Off the Chrome	by John Hughes Oct. 10, 2011	$3.44	6065 words	Sample 20%
	Flowering Off the Chrome is a collection of symbolic poetic projections into the rural landscape. Removed from the urban sprawl, set during midsummer and narrated through a series of dramatic monologues, Hughes has created a rich sequence of see-sawing yarns about the comings and goings on a farm he knew as a child. Looking back through the eyes of an old man who chose to remain and work the land.
	Alone Among Many	by Spargo Postle Oct. 09, 2011	$4.99	4933 words	Sample 20%
	As a contemporary poet Spargo Postle recognises the loneliness and isolation we can all encounter, even when we are seemingly among many others. His poetry expresses what we all feel but are unable to speak of, out loud... Selected by Spargo Postle himself for a paperback edition includes We Are Lonely, A Man Of Few Words and I'm scared of the darkness...
	Twelve Poems Then Bedtime	by Richard Parr Oct. 05, 2011	Free!	2115 words	Read a sample
	A miniature collection of twelve poems about historical events, artifacts, nature, social class, flight and indecision.
	Anonymous Lines	by David Francis Barker Oct. 04, 2011	$2.99	6515 words	Sample 10%
	AT THE BOOK SIGNING He was there I tell you, all hair and no apologies. In fact, exactly as you might expect; unkempt, without a care in this world. Then somewhere in the queue an old woman whispered, 'he should get his hair cut!' It was at that point I got close enough .......
	Poems of Life	by Christopher John Scott Sep. 27, 2011	$0.99	1423 words	Sample 35%
	Life is full of happiness, heartbreak joy and sadness. My first collection of poems tries to reflect the many emotions we go through in our early lives as adults.
	Sayings	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.00	1110 words	Sample 10%
	Still Trying to find my way home
	If	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1284 words	Sample 15%
	Travel the road behind my eyes
	Reasons	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1511 words	Sample 15%
	Do you put flesh on the bones of your skeletons that hide in a place that you fear
	Sense	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1516 words	Sample 10%
	Thoughts on what I think
	A Haven of Shades	by Helen Young Sep. 22, 2011	$2.29	1165 words
	A collection of poetry from the darker shades of life.
	The Heart and The Hand	by Dean Harkness Sep. 21, 2011	$0.99	1477 words	Sample 20%
	A small collection of poems on the subjects of love, loss, sex and death. Some humorous and some more sombre.
	Death Rattle	by John Hughes Sep. 21, 2011	$1.57	20277 words	Sample 16%
	Death Rattle is an honest kaleidoscopic portrayal of the isolation, joy and abandonment that beats within the city’s restless heart. It is a trilogy comprising of poems, narratives, lyrics and aphorisms, where the duality of the city and the rural fuse.Through choice encounters, flinty wit, ruthless reasoning and solemn reflection, Hughes casts a wistful eye upon the menagerie of the city.
	The Magic Undercrackers	by Lee McGibbon Sep. 20, 2011	$0.99	5185 words	Sample 20%
	This is a collection of my poems. Some long, some short, some serious, but mainly stupid. These poems are the things that happen in my mind, every day.
	The Urban Time Bomb	by D'Persona Sep. 13, 2011	$3.99	13659 words	Sample 20%
	This book is about todays problems written in todays language
	Leaning Walls (Poetry of Falling Frames: Book 2)	by Daniel Buinac Sep. 07, 2011	$2.99	3861 words	Sample 20%
	Leaning Walls is the second in two book series Poetry of Falling Frames by the awarded poet Daniel Buinac.
	Classical Poetry	by Terry Trainor Sep. 06, 2011	$4.95	28310 words
	Beatiful poems about times past.
	Winter	by Christian Zajdek Aug. 27, 2011	Free!	819 words	Read a sample
	A love of rhyme and folklore were yielded to craft a quaint ninety-six line winter poem contained within a ridged structure of rhythm and rhyme. This is a narrative poem, which centres around a cold hearted woman, whose actions and world aim to give explanation to the English Winter. Accompanying the verse are twenty-four art tiles, which have a Celtic flavour.
	Guru - Niall McGrath	by Niall McGrath Aug. 21, 2011	$1.99	1985 words	Sample 20%
	Poetry.
	Classics	by Terry Trainor Aug. 21, 2011	$4.95	34763 words
	History and Beauty London 1850's It is a Sunday morning in spring, and in Bethnal-green, Between the church and the railway towards Whitechapel, There are beautiful gardens thrown open to all, And at their gates there are plants and flower-roots for sale.
	Sowing Seeds	by William Andrews Aug. 17, 2011	$1.50	1377 words	Sample 15%
	Im just an old man trying to sow some seeds
	Low-down London Love Ballads	by shoreditch boy Aug. 04, 2011	Free!	4928 words	Read a sample
	A collection of London-centric comical verse by the stand-up poet, Shoreditch Boy.
	The Life and Times of Mr Grimez	by Mr Grimez Aug. 03, 2011	$0.99	7158 words	Sample 14%
	The lyrical adventures of Mr Grimez as he takes on everything from Love to Big Society.
	Thoughts	by William Andrews July 29, 2011	$1.50	1182 words	Sample 15%
	iam just an old man trying to find my way home
	I am a legend that is feared	by Mr Grimez July 20, 2011	Free!	558 words	Read a sample
	The first poem from Mr Grimez collection of poetry detailing the life and times of the wonderful Mr Grimez. Go on tuck in, this is poetry as you have never read before.
	Best Consumed in Contemporary Moonlight (Poetry of Falling Frames: Book 1)	by Daniel Buinac July 14, 2011	$2.99	3268 words	Sample 20%
	Best Consumed in Contemporary Moonlight is the first in two book series Poetry of Falling Frames by the awarded poet Daniel Buinac.
	The Pottery Fish Poetry Collection	by Rosemary Peel July 11, 2011	$0.99	3440 words	Sample 15%
	A varied collection of poetry put together to appeal to different tastes, age ranges and genders.
	The Tog & The Froad	by Christina Ayckbourn July 08, 2011	Free!	1409 words	Read a sample
	The Tog and the Froad embark on a trip to the seaside encountering several adventures on the way. A delightful story told in verse with illustrations by the author. Suitable for all the family.
	Fragments: A Collection of Short Poetry	by Steph 'Vixey' Acaster July 07, 2011	Free!	468 words	Read a sample
	A selection of poetry from Steph 'Vixey' Acaster