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Issue 1:
1) overkill (viewed 566x)
by Rita Simpson
2) subtotal (viewed 524x)
by Joan Hoekstra
3) Snug (viewed 508x)
by Leopold McGinnis
4) dialing the nineties (viewed 489x)
by Joan Hoekstra
5) Georgian Summer's End (viewed 442x)
by Louisa Sunstrum
Issue 2:
1) The footbridge (viewed 542x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
2) wristwatch (viewed 467x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
3) hey babe (viewed 356x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
4) Secretary (viewed 334x)
by Leopold McGinnis
5) here is the hoolahoopla (viewed 302x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
Issue 3:
1) Christmas Lights in June (viewed 553x)
by Jennifer McCarthy
2) everyone is dating (viewed 295x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
3) Night, Knight (viewed 276x)
by Édwidge Valéry
4) the grain (viewed 255x)
by Édwidge Valéry
5) the travelling trout (viewed 251x)
by K. L. McKay
Issue 4:
1) I like it hot (viewed 536x)
by Jennifer McCarthy
2) Tuning in the Peach (viewed 531x)
by David McGinnis
3) Dead Birds of a Feather (viewed 434x)
by David McGinnis
4) small world (viewed 327x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
5) Optimist (viewed 298x)
by Leopold McGinnis
Issue 5:
1) 10,000 candles (viewed 460x)
by John Sweet
2) Art is Dead. (viewed 361x)
by Leopold McGinnis
3) Saving the World (viewed 360x)
by Damien Blair
4) Lives Writhe For... (viewed 333x)
by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy
5) Alone (viewed 320x)
by Ashok Niyogi
Issue 6:
1) Good Morning (viewed 359x)
by Ashok Niyogi
2) preparations (viewed 320x)
by Nicholas Lea
3) talk (viewed 303x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
4) That's How (viewed 283x)
by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy
5) valentine's day manifesto (viewed 283x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
Issue 7:
1) bedtime story (viewed 564x)
by Lori A. May
2) Hansel and Gretel (viewed 425x)
by Josef Lesser
3) Urchin (viewed 362x)
by Ashok Niyogi
4) Foothill Town (viewed 331x)
by Ashok Niyogi
5) starling (viewed 304x)
by John Sweet
Issue 8:
1) Last Call (viewed 580x)
by Joshua K. Chase
2) Pop Diva (viewed 520x)
by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
3) Autumn Night (viewed 374x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
4) A Lovers End (viewed 353x)
by Dustin Burmingham
5) Change? (viewed 339x)
by Chris Major
Issue 9:
1) Impressions of a Future Sound (viewed 719x)
by J. D. Nelson
2) Thursday Afternoon (viewed 667x)
by J. D. Nelson
3) a note to all the poets of the world (viewed 484x)
by Rob Taylor
4) Lucky Charms (viewed 458x)
by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
5) Palampur (viewed 397x)
by Ashok Niyogi
Issue 10:
1) gerhard richter's blues (viewed 323x)
by John Sweet
2) The Shape of a Spanish Guitar (viewed 294x)
by David Sparenberg
3) chalkwhite sun over an empty parking lot, late afternoon, thursday (viewed 291x)
by John Sweet
4) Don't Believe The Hype (viewed 285x)
by Stephen J. Golds
5) Between The Interval (viewed 253x)
by Stephen J. Golds
Issue 11:
1) who sent you, anyway? (viewed 821x)
by J. D. Nelson
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? (viewed 719x)
by J. D. Nelson
3) the successful people of this world (viewed 543x)
by Rob Taylor
4) To a girl, distraught, having
just lost her first love (viewed 413x)
by Rob Taylor
5) riding pillion with the tablets (viewed 402x)
by Josef Lesser
Issue 12:
1) Bill (viewed 539x)
by A.D. Winans
2) sniped (viewed 473x)
by Rob Taylor
3) she worries about me, you see (viewed 465x)
by Rob Taylor
4) Big Gulp, The (viewed 446x)
by Michele McDannold
5) Return To E-sender (viewed 414x)
by Wred Fright
Issue 13:
1) From a Dying Cockroach (viewed 555x)
by Willie Smith
2) Morning Paper (viewed 505x)
by Jeffrey Spahr
3) Masturbating Poet (viewed 497x)
by Doug Draime
4) Not Until (viewed 352x)
by Terry Collett
5) Being Fired From The Sheet Metal Shop By An Ex Lover (viewed 346x)
by Doug Draime
Issue 14:
1) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders (viewed 570x)
by Misti Rainwater-Lites
2) No Excuses (viewed 553x)
by Linda Rosenkrans
3) The Great Music Producer (viewed 519x)
by Damion Hamilton
4) Retail Saviour (viewed 488x)
by Bryon D. Howell
5) how i got this scar (viewed 408x)
by Rob Taylor
Issue 15:
1) Not Feeling OK (viewed 556x)
by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
2) A Good Day (viewed 491x)
by Anthony Liccione
3) One Cheesy Sonnet (viewed 466x)
by Bob Boston
4) a riesling perhaps (viewed 465x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
5) On a Photograph from My Pro-Wrestling Days (viewed 395x)
by Michael Frissore
Issue 16:
1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time , The (viewed 511x)
by Joseph Veronneau
2) Horseshoe Lounge, The (viewed 409x)
by Joel Sweeney
3) If They Only Knew (viewed 407x)
by Scurvy Bastard
4) pacifist (viewed 371x)
by John Sweet
5) Conclusive (viewed 326x)
by Joseph Veronneau
Issue 17:
1) Voracious (viewed 818x)
by Ryan Dilbert
2) Anathema (viewed 462x)
by George Anderson
3) Ode to Francis Farmer (viewed 388x)
by Joseph Ridgwell
4) plastic (viewed 357x)
by jason neese
5) been down ta Las Cruces (viewed 333x)
by Mike Marcellino
Issue 18:
1) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The (viewed 433x)
by J.R. Pearson
2) the mazola party (viewed 427x)
by Justin Hyde
3) Ars Poetica (viewed 398x)
by Michael Grover
4) Empty Forks are for Surrealists (viewed 350x)
by V. Sarno
5) At the MGM (viewed 341x)
by Alan King
Issue 19:
1) The Co-Ed with One Arm (viewed 568x)
by Dan Provost
2) Night School (viewed 454x)
by Gerald So
3) I am One of the Monkeys (viewed 440x)
by Corey Mesler
4) with all there is (viewed 377x)
by Nicholas Karavatos
5) morning crush oleander delusion (viewed 323x)
by Jack Henry
Issue 20:
1) Oceanic (viewed 500x)
by John Grey
2) Ok, Cupid, stab me! (viewed 462x)
by Tim Murray
3) Cutting Board (viewed 415x)
by V. Sarno
4) The Red Hulk (viewed 396x)
by John Rocco
5) with stars on his hands (viewed 375x)
by Puma Perl
Issue 21:
1) Steady as She Goes (viewed 452x)
by Jennifer Hardwick
2) Jazz is dead (viewed 442x)
by James H Duncan
3) Darfur Equinox (viewed 428x)
by Scot Young
4) when my father dies (viewed 397x)
by Justin Hyde
5) a letter from spain (viewed 355x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
Issue 22:
1) to remember (viewed 417x)
by David McLean
2) because i once loved (viewed 381x)
by Jeffery Van den engh
3) The Hunted (viewed 362x)
by Zach King-Smith
4) Honest things (viewed 323x)
by Kelley Jean White
5) goddamn (viewed 322x)
by Kelley Jean White
Issue 23:
1) neighbor to my left (viewed 400x)
by Justin Hyde
2) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife (viewed 355x)
by Joseph Victor Milford
3) Ding Dong (viewed 325x)
by Howie Good
4) good samaritan (viewed 280x)
by John Grochalski
5) meditation on an independent day (viewed 271x)
by Alan Gann
Issue 24:
1) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (viewed 450x)
by RD Armstrong
2) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) (viewed 422x)
by Peter Schwartz
3) Lynching (viewed 414x)
by Chris Deal
4) I Married the Small Press (viewed 368x)
by MK Chavez
5) 2 poems (viewed 367x)
by Karl Koweski
Issue 25:
1) Fractured Heel (viewed 712x)
by Eirik Gumeny
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato (viewed 507x)
by David Crawford
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo (viewed 442x)
by Jenni Fagan
4) Alligator Boots (viewed 385x)
by Doug Draime
5) way the new year crumbles, the (viewed 379x)
by John Grochalski
Issue 26:
1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism (viewed 398x)
by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
2) Legs (viewed 397x)
by April Michelle Bratten
3) exit (viewed 345x)
by DB Cox
4) the mistress & the bully (viewed 341x)
by Jason Floyd Williams
5) In a Coffeeshop (viewed 304x)
by Zachary Whalen
Issue 27:
1) Static (viewed 526x)
by Arlene Ang
2) Help me drown the moonlight (viewed 472x)
by James H Duncan
3) It's Not What It Looks Like (viewed 428x)
by Jason L. Huskey
4) Little. Yellow. Different (viewed 399x)
by Jason L. Huskey
5) cat woman eating (viewed 387x)
by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Issue 28:
1) Poems as baseball metaphor (viewed 950x)
by Harry Calhoun
2) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum (viewed 631x)
by Cindy M. Kelly
3) ghosts burn (viewed 623x)
by David McLean
4) Darth Vader is robbing banks in Long Island (viewed 607x)
by Nicholas Orlando Bruno
5) are they devils? (viewed 505x)
by Peter Schwartz
Issue 29:
1) Poem For A Friend In Prison (viewed 1056x)
by A.D. Winans
2) Dead Horses (viewed 972x)
by Pris Campbell
3) Stockholm Syndrome (viewed 949x)
by Matt Galletta
4) A Waste of Time and Ink (viewed 801x)
by Chris Deal
5) Insomnia Parade (viewed 666x)
by Aimee DeLong
Issue 30:
1) Wormhole (viewed 696x)
by Michael K. Gause
2) For Julie (viewed 615x)
by M.P. Powers
3) To the Child at Times Square (viewed 579x)
by Craig Fishbane
4) Naked (viewed 544x)
by Jessica Thomas
5) Round Table, The (viewed 543x)
by Travis Blair
Issue 31:
1) re-imagining heaven (viewed 617x)
by Jack Varnell
2) Amtrak Club Car (viewed 609x)
by Hal Daniel
3) Poem for Kaya (viewed 605x)
by John Dorsey
4) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror (viewed 543x)
by Steven Gulvezan
5) Cruddy Buddies (viewed 521x)
by Mather Schneider
Issue 32:
1) Clean Slut (viewed 1061x)
by Amit Parmessur
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You (viewed 824x)
by James Babbs
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) (viewed 698x)
by Philip Tinkler
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The (viewed 693x)
by Matt Sradeja
5) Anonymous (viewed 679x)
by Jay Passer
Issue 33:
1) 39th Birthday (viewed 693x)
by Mather Schneider
2) Tats (viewed 677x)
by dan smith
3) All My Bars Are Closing (viewed 581x)
by John Rocco
4) Something Worth Saying (viewed 562x)
by Rebecca Schumejda
5) Facial Hair (viewed 556x)
by Alexander J. Allison
Issue 34:
1) Like a Bangkok sex tourist (viewed 703x)
by Melanie Browne
2) If I Had A Unicorn (viewed 618x)
by Jessica McHugh
3) Crack Bitch Panties (viewed 605x)
by Cassandra Dallett
4) as you know by now (viewed 591x)
by Justin Hyde
5) Nicotine Riddles (viewed 578x)
by Craig Fishbane
Issue 35:
1) Black-eyed Susan (viewed 760x)
by Jonie McIntire
2) Miss Universe (viewed 649x)
by Kathy Burkett
3) Mementos (viewed 615x)
by Cynthia Ruth Lewis
4) (po-ser) (viewed 612x)
by lars palm
5) House Of Ziggy (viewed 590x)
by Lynne Hayes
Issue 36:
1) How to Act Hip on Your Own Deathbed (viewed 671x)
by Kevin Ridgeway
2) A Dangerous Lunatic At The Poetry Reading (viewed 534x)
by Steven Gulvezan
3) Dear Bukowski (viewed 514x)
by J. Claudius Cloyd
4) Facing West (viewed 322x)
by A.g. Synclair
5) Again, again, the Winter (viewed 301x)
by Mike Hackney
Issue 37:
1) Fortune Teller, The (viewed 536x)
by Sonia Saikaley
2) Rhapsody On Q A (viewed 444x)
by Uche Ogbuji
3) Biology 101 (viewed 336x)
by Mather Schneider
4) Christian Slater (viewed 323x)
by Carla Criscuolo
5) El porno de ti (viewed 292x)
by Joseph M. Gant
Issue 38:
1) Pubic Slapstick (viewed 399x)
by Kevin Ridgeway
2) +45 32' 15.91", -122 40' 54.85" (viewed 376x)
by Chad Smith
3) Getting It Right (viewed 342x)
by Tim Suermondt
4) Waitress, The (viewed 261x)
by Nathan Graziano
5) Sports Bar: Kansas City, On The Way To Dallas (viewed 252x)
by Grant Faulkner
Issue 39:
1) Loving You (viewed 1962x)
by Carney James
2) Before Dawn (viewed 188x)
by Steven Gulvezan
3) A Sound Request (viewed 186x)
by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus
4) 1968 (viewed 179x)
by Mary Estes-George
5) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The (viewed 164x)
by Jeff Santosuosso



