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1) Loving You by Carney James 8694
2) A Poem by Carney James 6036
3) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4469
4) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3672
5) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3278

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1346
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1340
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1239
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1022
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1005

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1406
2) The footbridge by Jeffery Van den engh 955
3) Secretary by Leopold McGinnis 758
4) hey babe by Jeffery Van den engh 736
5) here is the hoolahoopla by Jeffery Van den engh 662

Issue 3:

1) Christmas Lights in June by Jennifer McCarthy 1308
2) Night, Knight by Édwidge Valéry 906
3) the travelling trout by K. L. McKay 788
4) everyone is dating by Jeffery Van den engh 620
5) the grain by Édwidge Valéry 545

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1487
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1132
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 824
4) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 658
5) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 652

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1081
2) 10,000 candles by John Sweet 901
3) Lives Writhe For... by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 718
4) Saving the World by Damien Blair 670
5) Alone by Ashok Niyogi 636

Issue 6:

1) Good Morning by Ashok Niyogi 805
2) preparations by Nicholas Lea 718
3) talk by Jeffery Van den engh 605
4) That's How by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 589
5) valentine's day manifesto by Jeffery Van den engh 585

Issue 7:

1) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2795
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1386
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 903
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 659
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 644

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1297
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1287
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 890
4) A Lovers End by Dustin Burmingham 686
5) Change? by Chris Major 682

Issue 9:

1) Impressions of a Future Sound by J. D. Nelson 1595
2) Thursday Afternoon by J. D. Nelson 1577
3) Lucky Charms by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1290
4) a note to all the poets of the world by Rob Taylor 843
5) Palampur by Ashok Niyogi 833

Issue 10:

1) Shape of a Spanish Guitar, The by David Sparenberg 1276
2) gerhard�richter's�blues by John Sweet 638
3) Don't Believe The Hype by Stephen J. Golds 575
4) chalkwhite sun over an empty parking lot, late afternoon, thursday by John Sweet 572
5) Greek Chorus by David Sparenberg 556

Issue 11:

1) who sent you, anyway? by J. D. Nelson 1926
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? by J. D. Nelson 1579
3) the successful people of this world by Rob Taylor 1419
4) Flushing Pheasant by Robert Barboza 1109
5) riding pillion with the tablets by Josef Lesser 901

Issue 12:

1) Big Gulp, The by Michele McDannold 1173
2) she worries about me, you see by Rob Taylor 1128
3) Drifter, The by Clifford K. Watkins 1046
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 995
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 970

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1238
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1039
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 961
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 713
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 702

Issue 14:

1) No�Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1624
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1594
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1256
4) Retail Saviour by Bryon D. Howell 1034
5) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 884

Issue 15:

1) One Cheesy Sonnet by Bob Boston 1473
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1333
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1333
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1039
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1016

Issue 16:

1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time, The by Joseph Veronneau 965
2) Sweat Beads and Heart Palpitations by Joseph Goosey 790
3) pacifist by John Sweet 784
4) Horseshoe Lounge, The by Joel Sweeney 779
5) If They Only Knew by Scurvy Bastard 761

Issue 17:

1) Voracious by Ryan Dilbert 1721
2) Ode to Francis Farmer by Joseph Ridgwell 1339
3) plastic by jason neese 949
4) Anathema by George Anderson 948
5) been down ta Las Cruces by Mike Marcellino 696

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1276
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1237
3) Ars Poetica by Michael Grover 852
4) At the MGM by Alan King 697
5) Empty Forks are for Surrealists by V. Sarno 666

Issue 19:

1) Co-Ed with One Arm, The by Dan Provost 1295
2) I am One of the Monkeys by Corey Mesler 903
3) with all there is by Nicholas Karavatos 887
4) Night School by Gerald So 868
5) waste by Jack Henry 790

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1242
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1205
3) Red Hulk, The by John Rocco 997
4) Ok, Cupid, stab me! by Tim Murray 897
5) with stars on his hands by Puma Perl 857

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 930
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 841
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 814
4) when my father dies by Justin Hyde 786
5) a letter from spain by Jeffery Van den engh 676

Issue 22:

1) to remember by David McLean 1026
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 819
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 802
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 772
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 641

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 982
2) Propane by Ray Succre 868
3) good samaritan by John Grochalski 865
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 797
5) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife by Joseph Victor Milford 695

Issue 24:

1) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) by Peter Schwartz 1060
2) 6 Signs of the End Times by Dale Wisely 1058
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1028
4) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by RD Armstrong 893
5) Chasing Tales by Aleathia Drehmer 848

Issue 25:

1) Fractured Heel by Eirik Gumeny 1578
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1180
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1149
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 928
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 806

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1696
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 929
3) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 705
4) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 704
5) exit by DB Cox 670

Issue 27:

1) Static by Arlene Ang 1154
2) cat woman eating by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 967
3) Help me drown the moonlight by James H Duncan 946
4) Little. Yellow. Different by Jason L. Huskey 862
5) Love's Death Roller(s) by KJ Hays 824

Issue 28:

1) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3278
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1556
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1506
4) Darth Vader is robbing banks in Long Island by Nicholas Orlando Bruno 1464
5) ghosts burn by David McLean 1266

Issue 29:

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4469
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3103
3) impassable by Puma Perl 1972
4) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1727
5) Devil Didn't Mark You, Those Marks Came From The Man, The by Jenni Fagan 1720

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1596
2) feel your heart beating by Dustin Holland 1487
3) Wormhole by Michael K. Gause 1479
4) Art of Shedding Tears, The by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1239
5) Round Table, The by Travis Blair 1167

Issue 31:

1) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror by Steven Gulvezan 1727
2) Amtrak Club Car by Hal Daniel 1482
3) re-imagining heaven by Jack Varnell 1413
4) Poem for Kaya by John Dorsey 1387
5) Tyson and Cobain by Dan Provost 1152

Issue 32:

1) Clean Slut by Amit Parmessur 2323
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You by James Babbs 2047
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1556
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1536
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1433

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2085
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1632
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1535
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1518
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1445

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1825
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Melanie Browne 1753
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1608
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1572
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1492

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2010
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1836
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1652
4) Mementos by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1564
5) Miss Universe by Kathy Burkett 1529

Issue 36:

1) A Dangerous Lunatic At The Poetry Reading by Steven Gulvezan 1427
2) How to Act Hip on Your Own Deathbed by Kevin Ridgeway 1332
3) Dear Bukowski by J. Claudius Cloyd 977
4) Opium by Michael Ashley 794
5) Facing West by A.g. Synclair 638

Issue 37:

1) El porno de ti by Joseph M. Gant 1603
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1545
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1320
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 982
5) Stiletto Heeled Gestapo Boots by F.N. Wright 854

Issue 38:

1) Getting It Right by Tim Suermondt 1462
2) After The Heart Attack by Victor Schwartzman 962
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 951
4) Pubic Slapstick by Kevin Ridgeway 858
5) +45° 32' 15.91", -122° 40' 54.85" by Chad Smith 741

Issue 39:

1) Loving You by Carney James 8694
2) Before Dawn by Steven Gulvezan 924
3) A Sound Request by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus 702
4) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The by Jeff Santosuosso 669
5) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 665

Issue 40:

1) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3672
2) Hickory Shadows by James Dunlap 859
3) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 690
4) Digging by Eric Ellis 681
5) American Politics by David Blaine 560

Issue 41:

1) Doctor Appelman's Rest by Jane Rosenberg LaForge 834
2) A Pebble On The Dry Riverbed by Karime Limon 730
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 616
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 540
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 526

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1533
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 973
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 519
4) ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ by Melanie Browne 437
5) Overnights by Katie Moore 421

Issue 43:

1) And The Metaphor Popped Bright In The Midnight Sky by Steven Gulvezan 658
2) Poem Written Before Jumping Down An Eight Mile Rabbit Hole by Steven Gulvezan 641
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 531
4) Your God by William Taylor Jr. 521
5) All The Days And Nights by Timothy Gager 467

Issue 44:

1) Final Fight by Lauren Tivey 498
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 461
3) A Letter To Socrates by Apryl Skies 456
4) Killing The Moth by Melissa Studdard 451
5) Desolation, 2 a.m. by James H Duncan 444

Issue 45:

1) Mr. Jimmy Said by Larry Blumen 613
2) Quantum Poetry by Garrett Phelan 536
3) Futile Resistance by Gary Glauber 474
4) A People by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 392
5) Fine Dining by Paula E. Kirman 376

Issue 46:

1) This One is the Nail in the Coffin by James D Quinton 557
2) A Married Man Living In A Cheap Hotel by Nathan Graziano 467
3) Garbage, the City and Death by Drew Pisarra 412
4) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 408
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 306

Issue 47:

1) After The Sawdust Settled by Steven Gulvezan 547
2) A Friendly Note to Myself and Others Who Might Call Themselves Artists by William Taylor Jr. 486
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 333
4) Slow Time by Nancy Simpson-Younger 317
5) BOOKED FOR THE NEXT INCARNATION by Jay Passer 293

Issue 48:

1) Beauty Isn't by Mike Carson 896
2) Life by Haris Adhikari 623
3) Sliding Into Dusk by S.E. Ingraham 494
4) A Wild Old Man Dances by Kevin Ridgeway 391
5) I Would Ride A Bus With You by Ryder Collins 373

Issue 49:

1) Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley 484
2) Bandaids by Ally Malinenko 443
3) Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost, The by Mike Carson 432
4) Goat Piss Into Gasoline by Jason Ryberg 340
5) As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth 324

Issue 50:

1) October Fallen by Chris Lawrence 1520
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 410
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 328
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 306
5) Last Dance With Darling, The by Jessica McHugh 287

Issue 51:

1) A Poem by Carney James 6036
2) 1953 by Mark James Andrews 529
3) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 482
4) Urgent by Mike Carson 404
5) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 383

Issue 52:

1) Happy Mayan Doomsday by Steven Gulvezan 586
2) What The Gypsy Saw by Steven Gulvezan 564
3) What To Say...What To Say by Ted Jackins 473
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 457
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 425

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1157
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 680
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 451
4) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 345
5) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 341

Issue 54:

1) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 386
2) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 369
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 197
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 163
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 160

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 260
2) Common Sense Drinks Alone by Chuck Scott 158
3) Laureate, The by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 151
4) V. by Apryl Skies 143
5) Ecclesiastes 1:14 by Vivian Asimos 132

Issue 56:

1) Of Dreams & Mortality by Alicia Winski 107
2) Paralyzed by Dawn Schout 85
3) Downcast Dreamer, The by Aurelia Lorca 72
4) To Chase The Moon by Tracy Lynn Schafer 71
5) Dreams as Impetus by Jessica Dawson 57

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