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	my first commercial publication, a poem	by c t May 18, 2012	$0.99	85 words	Sample 100%
	this is a modern poem, with specific intent. without challenging you, it should lift you from despair, from sadness, or from depression. just a little, and in no way you'll notice. but you'll know how to feel a little better.
	Melody Of Sorrows	by Richard DeMello May 05, 2012	$1.99	4535 words	Sample 10%
	Dark poetry, Gothic, visceral, archaic
	Letters of insanity and other works	by Chastine Perkins March 15, 2012	$0.99	2235 words	Sample 35%
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	From Catullus	by Scott B Robinson March 14, 2011	$0.99	5436 words	Sample 20%
	New select translations of Catullus...to my mind one of the greatest of the ancient Roman poets. Rediscover the often overlooked musicality, complexity and depth of this poet infamous for his lightheartedness and bawdiness. This bilingual collection is a cross-section emphasizing the stylistic breadth of the poet's works.
	17 Poem's To My Wife	by FuAn Kang Oct. 03, 2010	$0.99	106 words	Sample 50%
	17 poems, 16 and 1 "pure", contained in 5 paragraphs, each paragraph labeled according to the chinese 5 elements - Wu Xing. I wrote these poem’s for my wife, an intimate gift. They were written at a time when we were having to endure a long separation. I found further inspiration by being both separated and caught in a perilous situation. I will leave you to judge the intensity of either.
	Storyteller Songs	by G. R. Grove Sep. 25, 2010	$2.99	8130 words	Sample 50%
	This is a collection of poetry taken from the "Young Gwernin" trilogy of the Storyteller series: historical novels about Britain and her bards in the years after King Arthur's death. If you haven't read them yet, you might want to start there, as some of these poems could be considered plot spoilers. On the other hand, you could just plunge in now and see how you like Gwernin's world...
	Pryderi's Pigs and other poems	by G. R. Grove Sep. 08, 2010	$2.99	18791 words	Sample 50%
	This is my second poetry collection. Most of these poems are written in medieval fixed forms – one of my on-going quests being a search for ways of reproducing the sound and feel of medieval Welsh poetry in modern English. And yet, because the bardic art I practice is a performance art, these are in a larger sense not my poems at all, but merely pale imitations – poems preserved on paper.
	King Arthur's Raid on Hell and other poems	by G. R. Grove Sep. 02, 2010	$2.99	15698 words	Sample 50%
	Most of these poems are written in medieval fixed forms, or approximations of medieval forms – one of my on-going quests being a search for ways of reproducing the sound and feel of medieval Welsh poetry in modern English. And yet, because the bardic art I practice is a performance art, these are in a larger sense not my poems at all, but merely pale imitations – poems preserved on paper.
	The Fyrdhwæt Saga	by Patrisha Reece-Davies May 18, 2010	$2.99	3937 words	Sample 15%
	An epic tale of adventure told in verse, with lines in traditional Anglo-Saxon. Discussed and approved by scholars. Includes full introduction and translation notes. Fyrdhwæt is unloved and rejected by his people. Valiantly he slays three terrible monsters, but his bravery goes un-acclaimed. The poem is romantic, sad, exciting and very much open to interpretation.