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The Moon Sings Back    by Judith Lechner
Price: $4.99 USD. 3020 words. Language: English. Published on July 8, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

This collection of poems, The Moon Sings Back, is a celebration of both the bright and dark moments of life. A poetic celebration of life. However, times of loss—of love, health, and of people important in one’s life, can be times of deepest learning and growth. Judy Lechner poems resonate with the feelings of her readers. (Book Design and Cover Painting by Mercedes Cecilia)
Streetlight Sonata    by JR Simons
Price: $3.95 USD. 4100 words. Language: English. Published on July 7, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

A chapbook of poetry by Ohio poet and playwright, J. R. Simons. This book was the 2nd Place winner in the Poetry category in the Sharp Writ Book Awards for 2011 and a Finalist in the Poetry category for the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Mga Tula sa Baul    by Jay Pascual
Price: Free! 830 words. Language: Tagalog (Filipino). Published by JMP Creative Media  on July 4, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Apat na tula na nagsasalamin ng mga tampok na damdamin ng makata.
Scotch'n the Night    by Nicholas Sheffield
You set the price! 530 words. Language: English. Published on July 2, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

Short, humerous poem. Four Scots look up at the night sky and contemplate life and the universe.
Reproachable Optimists    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 1550 words. Language: English. Published on July 2, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

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We are reminded of the philosophers' questioning if life is actually a dream or as Edgar Allen Poe has so beautifully written "a dream within a dream". My suggestion is that you walk and laugh with author down his bizarre path and see the world in all its strangeness. Reviewed by Joan McNerney
Candle In The Window    by John Saul
Price: $2.99 USD. 3780 words. Language: English. Published on July 1, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

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“Candle In The Window” is a collection of verse written and compiled beginning 1971-2011. Sixty six selections are found in the manuscript. “Pebbles in a Pond” begins numerically first in remembrance of a father walking with his young son amongst a field of seagulls. “Summer Stroll” the last selection, is a snap shot of day’s end and represents the book’s end to the reader.
Sostre Immòbil    by Abdul Hadi Sadoun
Price: $2.99 USD. 5060 words. Language: Catalan. Published by Emooby  on June 30, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

Sostre immòbil,és una tria breu de la poesia de l’iraquià Abdul Hadi Sadoun (Bagdad, 1968), poeta i hispanista establert a Madrid des de 1993. Tots els poemes seleccionats - tot i estar escrits originalment en àrab - pertanyen a l'etapa de la seva estada a Espanya 1998-2008, on va publicar la major part de la seva obra tant la poètica com la narrativa.
Between Two Worlds    by Craig Marlatt
Price: $3.99 USD. 15750 words. Language: English. Published on June 29, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

Between Two Worlds is a collection of poems from author Craig Marlatt. Having lived a unique life that took him from Kalamazoo, Michigan to travels around the globe as a rock musician, ex-convict, street preacher, traveling missionary and Christian husband and father, Craig's poems speak of the challenges, joys and mystery awaiting those who live in this world but look toward another yet to come.
Sonnet Playground    by Cyn Bagley
Price: $2.99 USD. 1590 words. Language: English. Published on June 28, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

Since 2000, when I started reading Shakespeare, I have been reading and writing sonnets. Sometimes I try to hold strictly to the form and other times, I play with rhyme and meter. If you can't play, then why write them? Anyway, you are invited to read and play with me.
Poems & Songs by an Old Hippie    by Carl Faulhaber
Price: $0.99 USD. 2440 words. Language: English. Published on June 26, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry.

Greetings...In my younger days when I played guitar, I kept a notebook of poems and songs I wrote during that time. I kept that notebook all these years. After my near-fatal car crash in 1993 while going to work in a suit and tie, I took the poems and songs from that notebook and wrote this book. My book is 420 friendly. Enjoy...