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Dark Mysteries | by Jim Pyra Feb. 04, 2012 | $1.99 | 3534 words | Sample 5% |
| Dark Mysteries is the first book of poetry written by Jim Pyra as an adult. It includes experimental forms, blank verse, and some meter. | |||||
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Selected Poems | by Louis Bertrand Shalako Feb. 04, 2012 | $0.99 | 4645 words | Sample 20% |
| These poems are inspired by fantasy, nature, mythology, love and heartbreak. If poetry is the language of the soul, it's also the non-literal use of words to convey emotional meaning. It is about feelings rather than clearly-fixed ideas. There's beauty here as well as darkness. | |||||
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Poetry In Emotion | by Tracy Arkell Jan. 11, 2012 | $10.00 | 3408 words | Sample 5% |
| Poems that have been written over the past several years. | |||||
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Poems From Fenwick Tower | by Nathaniel S. Rounds Jan. 03, 2012 | Free! | 1486 words | Sample 20% |
| New poems from Nathaniel S. Rounds, written while hugging the skirting of Fenwick Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th floor, on a cold night in December. | |||||
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Glass (A Poetry Collection) | by Flash Marlborough Jan. 01, 2012 | $0.99 | 1472 words | Sample 30% |
| A collection of 13 poems from when I first started writing poetry. | |||||
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The Minor Odyssey of Lollie Heronfeathers Singer | by Lenny Everson Dec. 29, 2011 | Free! | 11201 words | Read a sample |
| A sequence of poems tells of a Toronto woman's search for her aboriginal and Métis roots. | |||||
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Pure Speculation | by Jay MacLeod Dec. 26, 2011 | $0.99 | 17428 words | Sample 10% |
| Stories and poems by Jay MacLeod. Contained herein: A robot wife. A man who has lost the plot. A doggpleganger. An AC/DC concert. A kidnap victim. Zombies. Broke people. Ghosts. Space vampires. Call centre workers. Newlyweds. Bukowski. | |||||
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Dark Daze Of Christmas | by Kennie Kayoz Dec. 22, 2011 | Free! | 879 words | Read a sample |
| Dark Daze Of Christmas, brings forth murder, death and twisted thoughts from the man known as Kennie Kayoz.. As he decided to release his first ever christmas poetry book which comes direct to you from the twisted mind of Kennie Kayoz. | |||||
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Fine and Fierce and Free: Canoe Poems for Spring | by Lenny Everson Dec. 16, 2011 | Free! | 1533 words | Read a sample |
| 18 poems about canoeing in spring | |||||
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No Ordinary Waters: Canoe Poems from a Strange Mind | by Lenny Everson Dec. 15, 2011 | Free! | 1743 words | Read a sample |
| Eighteen odd poems about canoeing. | |||||
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Ten Very Short Poems | by Lenny Everson Dec. 06, 2011 | Free! | 1182 words | Read a sample |
| Lenny Everson offers ten really short poems. | |||||
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My Ten Best Short Poems | by Lenny Everson Dec. 06, 2011 | Free! | 1520 words | Read a sample |
| Lenny Everson offers his ten best short poems. | |||||
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The Mexican Saga: a poetic journey through the 20-count | by Elaine Stirling Dec. 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 3972 words | Sample 35% |
| On December 21st 2012, the Mayan 'Long Count' calendar cycle will come to an end. A new cycle of time will replace what has gone before. To the Nagual, the Toltec energy masters who exist in deep time, the great cycles are the very warp and weft of their existence. Read this poetic narrative and feel the experiential, non-narcotic rush of a 4-year-old initiate who grows to become a full Nagual. | |||||
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How to Dance Naked in the Moonlight | by Lenny Everson Dec. 04, 2011 | Free! | 3683 words | Read a sample |
| 22 poems about the ceremony of dancing naked in the moonlight. | |||||
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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 | 22884 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 | $1.23 | 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 20% |
| 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. | |||||