A basic hypergeometric series with numerator parameters \(a_ 1,a_ 2,...,a_ r\) and denominator \(b_ 2,...,b_ r\), is defined as almost poised if \(b_ i=a_ iq^{\delta_ i}/a_ i\), where \(\delta_ i=0,1\), or 2, for \(2\leq i\leq r\). The author here obtains three identities for almost poised series with \(r=3\) and \(r=5\) when \(a_ 1=q^{-2n}\).