POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Janet L. Hennessy and Thomas H. Lauer,
either signing singly, his true attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for
and on behalf of the undersigned all documents required of the undersigned
related to any public registration of securities by KIRKLAND'S INC. and
specifically including any 5% shareholder questionnaire;

(2)	execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned all documents required of the
undersigned related to any sale of the undersigned's KIRKLAND'S INC.
securities whether in a public offering of such securities or on the public
market and specifically including any required Form 144;

(3)	execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5; related to
KIRKLAND'S INC. in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(4)	execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned Schedules 13D and 13G; related to KIRKLAND'S INC. in
accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(5)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
the execution of any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G, and the
timely filing of such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other authority; and

(6)	take any other action of
any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that any document
filed pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his/her discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of Attorney and the rights and powers granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with any section of either the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 6th day of December 2004.



/s/ Steven J.
Collins
Steven J. Collins