A directory of poetry ebooks available at Smashwords. Free online samples. Click to Smashwords to view more or purchase.
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Fireplace and Wine: 15 Canoe Poems for Winter | by Lenny Everson Dec. 01, 2011 | Free! | 1419 words | Read a sample |
| Fifteen poems about canoeing (or at least thinking about it) in the middle of winter. | |||||
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The Serpent Ink | by Henry Moscovitch Oct. 20, 2011 | $9.99 | 2655 words | Sample 25% |
| Originally published by Contact Press (one of Canada's most important and influential literary small presses) in 1956 when the author was only 15 years old, Poet's Pulpit Press is proud to pull Henry Moscovitch's first book of poetry back from the shadows and reintroduce it to a 21st century audience. | |||||
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Practice test 1 | by M P Oct. 04, 2011 | $99.00 | 5424 words | Sample 20% |
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Happy Death Day | by KJ Abyzz Sep. 29, 2011 | Free! | 218 words | Read a sample |
| In about 1 weeks time (Oct 5) KJ turns 30, he's having trouble with the thought of turning 30 at this point in time so he decided to write about his troubles. He calls the book "Happy Death Day" as he feels that over the last 29 years he's felt dead inside and on his birthday he dies just a little bit more. | |||||
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Help Wanted | by Shane Diamond Sep. 28, 2011 | Free! | 403 words | Read a sample |
| After spending a day out and looking at all these people that got hired over them, Shane does what Shane does best and took to the pen and wrote out his anger and frustration about not being given a chance to get hired. | |||||
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She Wasn't Allowed to Giggle | by Lavinia Thompson Sep. 28, 2011 | $0.99 | 23197 words | Sample 10% |
| A poetry and prose collection that explores the dark depths of domestic violence and child abuse and about finding the light at the end of the tunnel. | |||||
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Red Moon | by Blood Lotuz Sep. 19, 2011 | Free! | 410 words | Read a sample |
| Blood Lotuz haven't given a new release in over 3 years, well here is the newest release from the poetic group known as Blood Lotuz, bringing you "Red Moon". They mix dark poetry, sex and faith. Into this release. | |||||
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In Melancholia | by Vincent Moore Sep. 18, 2011 | $0.99 | 7200 words | Sample 20% |
| Childhood is sometimes marred by violence, pain, and abuse but revisiting those once familiar streets can be healing. Vincent Moore's In Melancholia explores the darker side of childhood lived inside the cracks of poverty and abuse and yet it is not without hope. The candle shines brighter and the songs are sweeter as a young boy stands poised at the edge of manhood. | |||||
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The Brown Bunny of Baldwin Street | by Robert Whiteley Sep. 16, 2011 | $2.99 | 1158 words | Sample 25% |
| A single poem about a man in crisis, returning to the city of his birth, trying to figure out if the decisions he made decades earlier were the correct ones; and if so, are they the reason he has come home looking for "The Brown Bunny..." | |||||
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Fingerprinting the Wind: 32 Haikus for Sophie Louise | by Robert Whiteley Sep. 14, 2011 | $2.99 | 586 words | Sample 25% |
| Written over the course of a single day, September 21, 2007, each haiku in this book represents a minute in the brief life of the writer's daughter. Born exactly a year earlier at 2:59 pm in Burlington, Ontario, her heart stopped beating thirty-two minutes later. She was going to be his first child. They called her Sophie Louise. | |||||
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Town and country | by Haz Said Sep. 10, 2011 | $2.99 | 5138 words | Sample 22% |
| Haz Said's first chapbook with a comment by Mark Turpin. | |||||
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In Absinthia | by Vincent Moore Sep. 10, 2011 | $0.99 | 5358 words | Sample 20% |
| In Absinthia is a collection of poetry. Vincent Moore will lead you into mysterious worlds that are strange yet somehow familiar, worlds that will leave you unsettled and breathless for more. | |||||
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Twenty-three | by Robyn J. Williams Sep. 07, 2011 | $0.99 | 1531 words | Sample 40% |
| Twenty-three is a short but poignant collection of poems about life, love and running around naked. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad and sometimes just downright absurd, Twenty-three will get you thinking about the universe, and your place in it. | |||||
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Broken Home | by KJ Abyzz Sep. 02, 2011 | Free! | 774 words | Read a sample |
| Growing up in a Broken Home KJ knows this all too well, in this release he writes bout his frustrations and vents. | |||||
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At The Graveyard | by KJ Abyzz Aug. 30, 2011 | Free! | 298 words | Read a sample |
| A morbid dark collection of poems by KJ Abyzz | |||||
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Insanity | by KJ Abyzz Aug. 28, 2011 | Free! | 379 words | Read a sample |
| In this release KJ Abyzz turns ideas from horror movies and twists them up into his own poetic ideas and calls it "Insanity" | |||||
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The Other Side Of The Mirror | by James Tweed Aug. 23, 2011 | Free! | 14330 words | Read a sample |
| This book chronicles a chapter of my life between April 1983 and March 1996. The poems and lyrics in this book mirror a side of me that very few people, if any, have ever seen (hence the title). Mild language and suggestive themes; nothing graphic. | |||||
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like panicked ants - pOeTrY bOoK 4 | by Steve Glickman Aug. 12, 2011 | $4.95 | 15393 words | Sample 35% |
| "Utter despair, discouragement, hopelessness, and dense almost incomprehensible thoughts... Bring it out at your next literary party and have everyone read a page out loud... I have never read anything like this, and neither have you." - Ralph Alfonso Ralph Reviews BongoBeat.com | |||||
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332.632 - pOeTrY & sCeNe BoOk 3 | by Steve Glickman Aug. 12, 2011 | $4.95 | 14294 words | Sample 35% |
| "Utter despair, discouragement, hopelessness, and dense almost incomprehensible thoughts... Bring it out at your next literary party and have everyone read a page out loud... I have never read anything like this, and neither have you." - Ralph Alfonso “Ralph Reviews†BongoBeat.com. | |||||
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Final Chapter | by Mr Love Zone Aug. 10, 2011 | Free! | 759 words | Read a sample |
| Two years ago Mr. Love Zone talked about ending the chapter in his life known as Mr. Love Zone and starting up something new called Robbie Three, so he wrote this release. Since then he has returned under the name of Mr. Love Zone. | |||||
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Lost Treasures #4 | by Kennie Kayoz Aug. 07, 2011 | Free! | 1974 words | Read a sample |
| Another collection of poems from Kennie that don't really fit in one particular project so he decided to release Lost Treasures #4 | |||||
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Broken Heart | by Kennie Kayoz Aug. 07, 2011 | Free! | 2542 words | Read a sample |
| A selection of older poems that Kennie wrote about his failed relationships. | |||||
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Bored At Work | by Jessica Diamond Aug. 06, 2011 | Free! | 702 words | Read a sample |
| While Jessica was at work one day, things were slow.. Real slow, so she decided to pull out a pen and write.. This is what came out. | |||||
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Lost Treasures 3 | by Kennie Kayoz July 31, 2011 | Free! | 2771 words | Read a sample |
| Sometimes poetry doesn't fit with what we're currently working on so we place it in a Lost Treasures release, here's Lost Treasures 3 | |||||
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Black Heart | by Kennie Kayoz July 30, 2011 | Free! | 719 words | Read a sample |
| After a series of relationships gone sour, Kennie decides to write about them. | |||||
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Trash | by David Halliday July 26, 2011 | $1.99 | 138 words | Sample 20% |
| My grandfather used to sneak out during the day to a brick wall that existed between he and his farming neighbour. Under a rock he would find the latest pulp novel. In that way my grandfather and his friend would exchange books, reading them in those lazy afternoons when it was too hot to work in the fields. I have dedicated these poems to those pulp novels. | |||||
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Poetic Savior - First Sermon | by Shane Diamond July 23, 2011 | Free! | 2889 words | Read a sample |
| Well poetry seems to be dead, I guess I'm the LUCKY SAVIOR.. As I plan on bringing poetry back in a big way and get people reading and talking about it like the old days... So with that I would like to take the time to allow you to read my very first sermon upon being the poetic savior that I am. Hope you enjoy, and be sure to add this to your library... | |||||
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life of an iceberg - pOeTrY bOoK 1 | by Steve Glickman July 22, 2011 | $4.95 | 15536 words | Sample 35% |
| "Utter despair, discouragement, hopelessness, and dense almost incomprehensible thoughts... Bring it out at your next literary party and have everyone read a page out loud... I have never read anything like this, and neither have you." - Ralph Alfonso Ralph Reviews BongoBeat.com | |||||
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Fuck Them All | by Shane Diamond July 21, 2011 | Free! | 4476 words | Read a sample |
| Around Christmas time about 5 years back, Shane was struggling with alot of anger, at this time he recently lost his father about a year ago... He was told that writing is a good emotional outlet so he wrote.... this is what came out. | |||||
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A Conspicuous Medium - poems | by David Sloma July 21, 2011 | $2.99 | 5997 words | Sample 10% |
| This is the second collection of poetry and lyrics by David Sloma, first published as a chapbook by The Necropolis Press in 1996. This is the second edition, expanded for 2011. | |||||
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Poets Life | by Shane Diamond July 15, 2011 | Free! | 2822 words | Read a sample |
| Shane writes about dreaming of a better life, and making money off his poetry. | |||||
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Darkside | by 4E Inc July 15, 2011 | Free! | 2338 words | Read a sample |
| A poetry book with a mix of lighter and darker poems... | |||||
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Depressional Thoughts | by Kennie Kayoz July 14, 2011 | Free! | 3744 words | Read a sample |
| A collection of sad and depressing poems written by Kennie Kayoz. | |||||
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Collabs | by 4E Inc July 14, 2011 | Free! | 971 words | Read a sample |
| A Collaboration of poetry between Shane & Jessica Diamond... | |||||
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Bear Traxxx | by Kennie Kayoz July 13, 2011 | Free! | 755 words | Read a sample |
| Kennie Kayoz and a group of poets from Coyotes Publishing ventured into the woods to write poetry and this is what they came out with. | |||||
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Chatterbox Poems | by Sandy Day July 13, 2011 | $2.99 | 38396 words | Sample 30% |
| Inspired over the course of a year these poems and concordance provide a squirmingly personal account of what was caught in this poet’s craw her entire life. Chatterbox depicts the shock, denial, sadness, anger, and humour of life’s little losses: divorce, abandonment, infidelity, faith, all that stuff. Chatterbox is cheeky and approachable; readable poetry with a relatable story. | |||||
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Emotional Outlet | by Shane Diamond July 12, 2011 | Free! | 4913 words | Read a sample |
| Have you ever gotten to the point with your emotions that you felt as if they were going to erupt like a volcano ?... Well that's how Shane felt so he thought he would do what he does best and pick up the pen and turn his emotions into poetry.... **Side Note** Not sure if anyone else got this but while typing this I had the voice of John Cusack narrating it for me | |||||
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Book Of Love - xXxtended Edition | by Mr Love Zone July 08, 2011 | Free! | 1966 words | Read a sample |
| You may not have seen the book of love yet, but this is the xXxtended Edition of that... so be sure to check this out and add to your own library. | |||||
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Stabbed In The Back | by Silver Dragon Publishing July 07, 2011 | Free! | 9700 words | Read a sample |
| The Ultimate Collection of poetry from Silver Dragon publishing. | |||||
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Confessions Of A Girl | by Jessica Diamond July 06, 2011 | Free! | 4270 words | Read a sample |
| In this release Jessica talks about her troubled past including relationships gone bad and more... | |||||
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Blood Lotuz - Book 1 - ReIssued | by Blood Lotuz June 29, 2011 | Free! | 2078 words | Read a sample |
| The reissued release of Blood Lotuz Book 1, which includes Red Majik | |||||
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Unanswered Prayers | by Kennie Kayoz June 26, 2011 | Free! | 518 words | Read a sample |
| Kennie writes about his unanswered prayers | |||||
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Malickis Happy Corn Club: An Album Companion | by Brado Creamed Corn June 18, 2011 | $2.99 | 6627 words | Sample 20% |
| Malickis Happy Corn Club: An Album Companion A collection of lyrical poetry written by brado creamed corn, the front man of Niagara Falls, Ontario’s punk rock band Malickis Happy Corn Club, and producer of the Electronic project known as the Fallen Robots. Suggested for mature audiences only. Recommended for immature audiences of 18 years old plus. | |||||
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Hiking Poems | by Lenny Everson June 15, 2011 | Free! | 2188 words | Read a sample |
| Twenty-four poems about hiking | |||||
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The Empty Tarmac of a Long-Abandoned Airport: 23 Poems about Separation | by Lenny Everson June 14, 2011 | Free! | 1949 words | Read a sample |
| Poems for when the words stop and you start leaving footprints in the ashes. | |||||
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What Last Golden River Run: 17 Canoe Poems for Autumn | by Lenny Everson June 14, 2011 | Free! | 2800 words | Read a sample |
| Seventeen poems about canoeing in autumn. | |||||
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Cherish the Day: 16 Canoe Poems for Summer | by Lenny Everson June 14, 2011 | Free! | 2534 words | Read a sample |
| Sixteen poems about canoeing in summer. | |||||
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Admission pour nulle part | by Éric Roger May 19, 2011 | $8.30 | 3550 words | Sample 40% |
| Décrire Éric Roger n’est pas une mince tâche, sa poésie relève de l’inconscient souvent car poète de l’âme. Tantôt urbaine, nomenclature morcelée, comme des photos flash de la surréalité qui nous conditionnent à être ce que nous croyons être, tantôt provocante, intuitive, d’une sauvage tendresse. | |||||
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The Ultimate Evil Electronic Chapbook | by Brado Creamed Corn May 08, 2011 | $3.99 | 7505 words | Sample 20% |
| a truly deviant electronic chapbook for the real underground scene. Electronic chapbooks The Falls' Prophet The False Prophet & Sometimes you love to kill people compiled together for ultimate evil. | |||||
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Sometimes You Love To Kill People | by Brado Creamed Corn May 06, 2011 | $1.99 | 4075 words | Sample 20% |
| A collection of lyrical poetry written by brado creamed corn, the front man of Niagara Falls, Ontario’s punk rock band Malickis Happy Corn Club, and producer of the Electronic project known as the Fallen Robots. Suggested for mature audiences only. Recommended for immature audiences of 18 years old plus. A truly deviant chapbook for the real underground scene. | |||||