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	Quiet Rhymes	by Creative House International Press, Inc. Oct. 19, 2009	$9.99	21804 words	Sample 20%
	Quiet Rhymes is a book of poems that is designed for everyone. It is a mixture of prose and rhyming poems. Some of these poems are serious and some of them are so funny that you will find yourself laughing all the way through the verses as you read them. Some tell short fiction stories while others get right to the point. There is certainly reading in this book of poems for everyone.
	For the Love and Lover in You	by Paul Bennett Jan. 04, 2010	$2.99	21714 words	Sample 50%
	Poetry of romance, sensuality, intimacy and love for the Us and We, not the I and Me. For the Love and Lover in You will allow you to feel the things you want to say to your lover. The heat of passion and the depths of loving words will capture your mind as well as your body. So cuddle up with a lover, real or imagined, and get ready to be loved.
	Yes, I am Woman	by Anica Walston July 31, 2011	$6.99	17848 words	Sample 15%
	“Yes, I am Woman” is a collection of poems, which touch on women’s emotions. Heartfelt and very candid, these poems explore the emotions women feel but do not always express.
	The African Sun: Collected Poems	by Michael Sheridan Stone May 19, 2010	$7.49	15113 words	Sample 10%
	‘The African Sun’ is an eclectic collection of poems linked by one common element, the author’s abiding love for Africa. He rejoices in adventures with elephants, leopards, lemurs, snakes and elusive birds, protests at the precipitous decline in the quality of life in his former homeland of Zimbabwe (whilst taking some comfort from the enduring tradition of ubuntu).
	Oeuvres humaines	by Jean-Pierre Makosso Feb. 22, 2012	$9.00	14517 words	Sample 30%
	Ce qui fait l'originalité de ce recueil de poèmes de Jean-Pierre Makosso, ce n'est peut-être pas son caractère humaniste ou la prise de parti des orphelins, des pauvres, des sans-abri, bref des marginaux.
	Thoughts on a page	by Chiedu Ifeozo May 02, 2011	$1.99	13495 words	Sample 10%
	The poems in this collection cover a wide range of themes, but primarily focus on love, life, politics, youth awareness and an African homecoming.
	Thoughts on a page	by Chiedu Ifeozo May 02, 2011	$1.99	13495 words	Sample 10%
	The poems in this collection cover a wide range of themes, but primarily focus on love, life, politics, youth awareness and an African homecoming.
	Speechless	by Oprah Bradford May 10, 2012	$4.00	12397 words	Sample 20%
	Speechless is a poem collections that deals with love, heartache, life lessons, and society
	Perles et Pensées	by Dallys-Tom Medali May 09, 2010	Free!	11017 words	Read a sample
	Speak French? This is your book: 76 original poetries, (some are award-winners). You will be very surprised and inspired! La poésie prend des formes, saveurs et couleurs originales pour vous surprendre et surtout vous inspirer. Une décennie d’écriture lors de laquelle chaque poème est venu comme un cadeau des muses. Découvrez un auteur remarquable aux mots tissés de perles.
	PoeMNovel: My Other Half	by zoleka June 24, 2011	$7.99	10387 words	Sample 20%
	THis Is a Novel of a woman scorn and A man torn between their relationship of make up, break up, and finally letting Go through Poetry.
	A SONG TO MY FUTURE WIFE	by levi cheruo Nov. 12, 2010	$5.00	9497 words
	A RATHER PAINFUL,SWEET,INTRIGUING AND FASCINATING NARATIVE ABOUT LOVE...IT WILL SOOTH YOUR TROUBLED SOUL,AND MAKE YOU CRY AS WELL!
	Storage Space: A collection of contemporary poetry	by Darren Stein March 06, 2011	Free!	6784 words	Read a sample
	Darren Stein worked in the townships and squatter camps around Johannesburg and Soweto from 1992-1996. His fields included adult literacy, voter education and community policing. His poetry deals with the emotional turmoil of his years in the townships, the psychological toll that this took upon him, and his subsequent immigration to Australia. His salvation is the joy of parenthood and marriage.
	Interpret My Interpretation	by reginald ward July 11, 2011	$8.00	6423 words	Sample 20%
	This poetry book masterpiece deals with emotions concerning love, hate, sorrow, joy, happiness, loneliness, forgiveness, un-forgiveness, resentment and weariness. Through various outlooks the author, Reginald Antione Ward, takes you from here to there and back again. This book tells of an individual who tells a story through his poetry.
	51	by gregory douglas Dec. 09, 2011	$3.99	6108 words	Sample 20%
	The present day prizes and products that dwell within a poet's mind
	You Finally Made It	by laurence imel March 27, 2012	You set the price!	5391 words	Sample 20%
	This is a compilation of certain excerpts of my poetry from the year 2010 to 2011. The work is just a mixture of personal and creative works in order to entertain and enlighten the reader.
	Contraband Marriage	by Tichaona Chinyelu April 04, 2010	$1.99	5189 words	Sample 20%
	Contraband Marriage travels along the hemline of loving after incarceration, digging deep into its affects on that love. It is a love story written in lyric and free form, set in reality with a different ever after.
	Chocolate Kisses	by Stacie Wyatt April 30, 2012	$15.00	4904 words	Sample 20%
	I started this book in 2009 about a man, who I had a crush on. The book progressed from a simple crush to learning to get over an addiction. Cover art done by Justin Gordon
	The Vinyoh Verses	by Tony Vinyoh Aug. 30, 2011	$4.99	4513 words	Sample 20%
	A life in crisis,a nation in peril,an environment in need of restoration,yet it’s never that easily put.The Vinyoh Verses is recession poetry,taking time to find out what has gone wrong with the person and the globe,but not letting out other personal fears and cares we’ve come not to share,the erosion of privacy and the escapist’s attempt to find freedom.
	poeMNovel: Letter's to a Jail House Thug	by zoleka June 24, 2011	$4.99	4424 words	Sample 20%
	This novel was written from the spiritual heart of a woman and man, who where torn between their spiritual calling and a ending relationship
	Colors of My Land	by Rose Mueni Mutisya Oct. 29, 2010	$4.99	4033 words	Sample 10%
	A collection of coloful poems reflecting on momories and visions of culture and life and also touching on the reality of life as it is.
	Fireside Chats Vol. I: A Surrealist's View of the World	by Frank O'Neal Nov. 08, 2010	$7.99	4032 words	Sample 10%
	Through his poetry, Frank S. O’Neal brings together his experiences, friends and foes, different cultures and different times. As you read the words he has painted, you will peer into a view of the world that most people never see.
	My All	by Susan Mary Hattingh June 19, 2011	$1.49	3477 words	Sample 20%
	Writing these poems gave me a voice when I felt there was no one to listen and even if they did, they would not understand the depth of the feelings I could pour out onto the pages.
	Coeur de Verre	by Mahoussi Dekoun Sep. 28, 2010	$8.15	3191 words	Sample 25%
	Ce recueil de poèmes « Cœur de Verre » rassemble des poésies qui touchent des thèmes tels que l’amour, la haine, le désespoir, le chagrin, l’enfance, les souvenirs, la vie, la mort et bien d’autres encore. Que le lecteur attiré par le titre du recueil s’attende à trouver effectivement un cœur de verre, transparent comme un verre.
	Seer	by Hansie Joubert Aug. 21, 2011	$4.99	3153 words	Sample 20%
	Poetry that cuts through the human soul, straight to the heart. Enjoyment laid bare to the emotional reprieve of healing through time, empathy and friends. Vanaf die eerste gedig ‘n emosionele vloed van hartseer en genade in die wete van ‘n toekoms om na uit te sien.
	Unspecified	by Yoshira Marbel Oct. 01, 2011	$2.99	2812 words	Sample 20%
	South African poet Yoshira Marbel experiences such a complex & profound state of emotional turmoil it leaves her doctors at a loss for words; their official diagnosis was 'Unspecified'. Yoshira has invested her time in the painful struggle to do what her doctors could not; expressing her depression, heartbreak, emptiness, anger, and suffering through poetry. This is her first published collection.
	Late Quatrains, Exercises and Complaints	by Robert Edward Bolton Oct. 24, 2011	$4.95	2230 words	Sample 50%
	Each of these Late Quatrains was originally a text-message composed spontaneously at the cellphone keypad. The Exercises are formal experiments in rhythm and metre, in the spirit of musical etudes. Together with the sonnet cycle Red Quartet, they may be read as an attempt to reconcile the strictly formal concerns of poetic expression with the informality of existence.
	Forget Hip-hop..I'm a poet.	by Night The Author June 17, 2011	$2.00	1617 words	Sample 35%
	A collection of erotic, street, urban, current events poems that touch on many different topics.
	My #1 Thug	by The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean) Sep. 25, 2010	$0.99	747 words	Sample 20%
	Thugs need love, too!
	Tipcat	by The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean) Sep. 25, 2010	$1.99	504 words	Sample 25%
	The game begins with a piece of wood... Contains: Clever, witty, wordplay, suggestive content. Requires a sense of humor to thoroughly enjoy. Must love dogs! Let the games begin! M.
	A Dream Inside A Dream of A Dreamers Dream	by Jesse & Ladeshia Parker March 23, 2010	Free!	355 words	Read a sample
	In the mist of fighting a war, A Dreamer Dreams of the love of his life.
	An Avant-Garde Love	by Chantale Reve March 27, 2011	Free!	347 words	Sample 100%
	Temptation disrupts a harmonious union in this bittersweet love poem.