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0) On Finding an Old to-do List in my Mother's Writing by Clara Hope Mitchell 1
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4) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 1

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1) Loving You by Carney James 8704
2) A Poem by Carney James 6036
3) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4488
4) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3673
5) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3290

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1347
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1342
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1241
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1023
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1006

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1410
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 1309
2) Night, Knight by Édwidge Valéry 908
3) the travelling trout by K. L. McKay 788
4) everyone is dating by Jeffery Van den engh 621
5) the grain by Édwidge Valéry 546

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1489
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1132
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 825
4) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 661
5) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 659

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1083
2) 10,000 candles by John Sweet 903
3) Lives Writhe For... by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 720
4) Saving the World by Damien Blair 671
5) Alone by Ashok Niyogi 637

Issue 6:

1) Good Morning by Ashok Niyogi 805
2) preparations by Nicholas Lea 718
3) talk by Jeffery Van den engh 606
4) That's How by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 589
5) valentine's day manifesto by Jeffery Van den engh 587

Issue 7:

1) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2810
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1389
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 904
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 660
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 644

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1299
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1288
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 894
4) A Lovers End by Dustin Burmingham 687
5) Change? by Chris Major 684

Issue 9:

1) Impressions of a Future Sound by J. D. Nelson 1597
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 845
5) Palampur by Ashok Niyogi 835

Issue 10:

1) Shape of a Spanish Guitar, The by David Sparenberg 1280
2) gerhard�richter's�blues by John Sweet 640
3) Don't Believe The Hype by Stephen J. Golds 576
4) chalkwhite sun over an empty parking lot, late afternoon, thursday by John Sweet 574
5) Greek Chorus by David Sparenberg 556

Issue 11:

1) who sent you, anyway? by J. D. Nelson 1929
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? by J. D. Nelson 1580
3) the successful people of this world by Rob Taylor 1422
4) Flushing Pheasant by Robert Barboza 1115
5) riding pillion with the tablets by Josef Lesser 904

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 1049
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 996
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 972

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1239
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1040
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 961
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 716
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 703

Issue 14:

1) No�Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1635
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1598
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1258
4) Retail Saviour by Bryon D. Howell 1035
5) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 887

Issue 15:

1) One Cheesy Sonnet by Bob Boston 1479
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1335
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1335
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1043
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1018

Issue 16:

1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time, The by Joseph Veronneau 969
2) Sweat Beads and Heart Palpitations by Joseph Goosey 794
3) pacifist by John Sweet 786
4) Horseshoe Lounge, The by Joel Sweeney 780
5) If They Only Knew by Scurvy Bastard 766

Issue 17:

1) Voracious by Ryan Dilbert 1725
2) Ode to Francis Farmer by Joseph Ridgwell 1339
3) plastic by jason neese 959
4) Anathema by George Anderson 949
5) been down ta Las Cruces by Mike Marcellino 699

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1281
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1239
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 890
4) Night School by Gerald So 869
5) waste by Jack Henry 793

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1246
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1209
3) Red Hulk, The by John Rocco 999
4) Ok, Cupid, stab me! by Tim Murray 899
5) with stars on his hands by Puma Perl 858

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 932
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 844
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 814
4) when my father dies by Justin Hyde 787
5) a letter from spain by Jeffery Van den engh 677

Issue 22:

1) to remember by David McLean 1026
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 821
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 805
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 772
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 642

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 985
2) good samaritan by John Grochalski 869
3) Propane by Ray Succre 868
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 798
5) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife by Joseph Victor Milford 696

Issue 24:

1) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) by Peter Schwartz 1064
2) 6 Signs of the End Times by Dale Wisely 1062
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1031
4) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by RD Armstrong 894
5) Chasing Tales by Aleathia Drehmer 848

Issue 25:

1) Fractured Heel by Eirik Gumeny 1583
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1183
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1150
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 932
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 807

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1704
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 929
3) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 706
4) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 705
5) exit by DB Cox 670

Issue 27:

1) Static by Arlene Ang 1155
2) cat woman eating by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 970
3) Help me drown the moonlight by James H Duncan 948
4) Little. Yellow. Different by Jason L. Huskey 862
5) Love's Death Roller(s) by KJ Hays 826

Issue 28:

1) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3290
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1559
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1508
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 4488
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3105
3) impassable by Puma Perl 1981
4) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1728
5) Dead Horses by Pris Campbell 1723

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1605
2) feel your heart beating by Dustin Holland 1492
3) Wormhole by Michael K. Gause 1482
4) Art of Shedding Tears, The by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1239
5) Round Table, The by Travis Blair 1168

Issue 31:

1) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror by Steven Gulvezan 1731
2) Amtrak Club Car by Hal Daniel 1485
3) re-imagining heaven by Jack Varnell 1418
4) Poem for Kaya by John Dorsey 1388
5) Tyson and Cobain by Dan Provost 1155

Issue 32:

1) Clean Slut by Amit Parmessur 2325
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You by James Babbs 2050
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1556
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1539
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1433

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2090
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1633
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1537
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1519
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1447

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1827
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Melanie Browne 1754
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1609
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1573
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1496

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2013
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1836
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1652
4) Mementos by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1565
5) Miss Universe by Kathy Burkett 1530

Issue 36:

1) A Dangerous Lunatic At The Poetry Reading by Steven Gulvezan 1428
2) How to Act Hip on Your Own Deathbed by Kevin Ridgeway 1333
3) Dear Bukowski by J. Claudius Cloyd 978
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 1605
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1545
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1322
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 983
5) Biology 101 by Mather Schneider 854

Issue 38:

1) Getting It Right by Tim Suermondt 1464
2) After The Heart Attack by Victor Schwartzman 965
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 954
4) Pubic Slapstick by Kevin Ridgeway 859
5) +45° 32' 15.91", -122° 40' 54.85" by Chad Smith 743

Issue 39:

1) Loving You by Carney James 8704
2) Before Dawn by Steven Gulvezan 925
3) A Sound Request by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus 703
4) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 671
5) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The by Jeff Santosuosso 670

Issue 40:

1) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3673
2) Hickory Shadows by James Dunlap 861
3) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 693
4) Digging by Eric Ellis 686
5) American Politics by David Blaine 563

Issue 41:

1) Doctor Appelman's Rest by Jane Rosenberg LaForge 836
2) A Pebble On The Dry Riverbed by Karime Limon 734
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 618
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 543
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 529

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1539
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 986
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 520
4) ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ by Melanie Browne 438
5) Overnights by Katie Moore 424

Issue 43:

1) And The Metaphor Popped Bright In The Midnight Sky by Steven Gulvezan 662
2) Poem Written Before Jumping Down An Eight Mile Rabbit Hole by Steven Gulvezan 646
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 531
4) Your God by William Taylor Jr. 523
5) All The Days And Nights by Timothy Gager 469

Issue 44:

1) Final Fight by Lauren Tivey 501
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 462
3) A Letter To Socrates by Apryl Skies 458
4) Killing The Moth by Melissa Studdard 453
5) Desolation, 2 a.m. by James H Duncan 445

Issue 45:

1) Mr. Jimmy Said by Larry Blumen 615
2) Quantum Poetry by Garrett Phelan 540
3) Futile Resistance by Gary Glauber 474
4) A People by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 395
5) Fine Dining by Paula E. Kirman 378

Issue 46:

1) This One is the Nail in the Coffin by James D Quinton 558
2) A Married Man Living In A Cheap Hotel by Nathan Graziano 469
3) Garbage, the City and Death by Drew Pisarra 414
4) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 411
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 307

Issue 47:

1) After The Sawdust Settled by Steven Gulvezan 549
2) A Friendly Note to Myself and Others Who Might Call Themselves Artists by William Taylor Jr. 486
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 335
4) Slow Time by Nancy Simpson-Younger 320
5) BOOKED FOR THE NEXT INCARNATION by Jay Passer 295

Issue 48:

1) Beauty Isn't by Mike Carson 897
2) Life by Haris Adhikari 623
3) Sliding Into Dusk by S.E. Ingraham 496
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 486
2) Bandaids by Ally Malinenko 444
3) Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost, The by Mike Carson 432
4) Goat Piss Into Gasoline by Jason Ryberg 342
5) As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth 324

Issue 50:

1) October Fallen by Chris Lawrence 1520
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 411
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 330
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 307
5) Last Dance With Darling, The by Jessica McHugh 288

Issue 51:

1) A Poem by Carney James 6036
2) 1953 by Mark James Andrews 534
3) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 485
4) Urgent by Mike Carson 404
5) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 388

Issue 52:

1) Happy Mayan Doomsday by Steven Gulvezan 587
2) What The Gypsy Saw by Steven Gulvezan 565
3) What To Say...What To Say by Ted Jackins 475
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 459
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 426

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1159
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 714
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 453
4) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 347
5) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 347

Issue 54:

1) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 387
2) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 372
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 199
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 164
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 160

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 263
2) Common Sense Drinks Alone by Chuck Scott 161
3) Laureate, The by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 153
4) V. by Apryl Skies 144
5) Ecclesiastes 1:14 by Vivian Asimos 132

Issue 56:

1) Of Dreams & Mortality by Alicia Winski 112
2) Paralyzed by Dawn Schout 89
3) Good Fences by Lee Passarella 79
4) To Chase The Moon by Tracy Lynn Schafer 74
5) Downcast Dreamer, The by Aurelia Lorca 73

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