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my first commercial publication, a poem    by c t
Price: $0.99 USD. 80 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2012. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

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.
Letters of insanity and other works    by Chastine Perkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 2230 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

Poems
Fourteen Faces    by Garry Linahan
Price: Free! 7930 words. Language: English. Published on October 31, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

(5.00 from 1 review)
This is a combination novel/poem I put together. I simply typed away and let it unfold, a bit experimental really. What's it about? Greed, love, lust, mind control, ancient fables, mythology, a sick planet. A man is chosen to save the world from all the evils that hold and threaten that world, that threaten every person and every creature alive. The cover is a painting I did for this story.
Egypt's Light    by Alfred D. Byrd
Price: Free! 3270 words. Language: English. Published on October 21, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

Relive the mystery and the magic of Ancient Egypt. Witness the creation of the Gift of the Nile amid the primeval waters and the struggle of the gods to bring kingship to the land. Follow the triumphs and the tragedies of Pharaohs, priests, and people as they built wonders that dazzle us today -- wonders of which only ruins remain. Relive a life that will dazzle the world as long as humans endure.
Wesle's Tale    by Alfred D. Byrd
Price: Free! 4210 words. Language: English. Published on February 24, 2011. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

An epic of UFO's in Anglo-Saxon times. Wesle the Weakling, a hapless herdsman watching the woman he loves about to become a warrior's wife, seizes a chance for change when star-men come in a shining shield-ship to carry out a cattle-raid. Roswell meets Beowulf? Also contains the short poem, "The Gold's Dragon." Cover composed by Helen E. Davis
17 Poem's To My Wife    by FuAn Kang
Price: $0.99 USD. 100 words. Language: English. Published on October 3, 2010. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

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
Price: $2.99 USD. 8130 words. Language: English. Published on September 25, 2010. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

0.5 star(2.40 from 5 reviews)
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
Price: $2.99 USD. 18790 words. Language: English. Published on September 8, 2010. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

0.75 star(3.67 from 3 reviews)
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
Price: $2.99 USD. 15690 words. Language: English. Published on September 2, 2010. Fiction » Poetry » Ancient Poetry.

0.5 star(3.50 from 2 reviews)
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
Price: $2.99 USD. 3930 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2010. Fiction » Poetry » U.K. Poetry.

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.