The Web's Most Popular Poetry

Most Popular Poems Today

0) Ice Cream Truck Plays Mozart by Craig Shay 16
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 13
4) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 7

Most Popular Poems This Week

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 23
2) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 7
3) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 7
4) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 6
5) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 6

Most Popular Poems this Month

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 23
2) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 7
3) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 7
4) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 6
5) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 6

Most Popular Poems of All Time

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 4494
4) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3673
5) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3298

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1349
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1343
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1243
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1024
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1008

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1412
2) The footbridge by Jeffery Van den engh 956
3) Secretary by Leopold McGinnis 759
4) hey babe by Jeffery Van den engh 737
5) here is the hoolahoopla by Jeffery Van den engh 662

Issue 3:

1) Christmas Lights in June by Jennifer McCarthy 1310
2) Night, Knight by Édwidge Valéry 909
3) the travelling trout by K. L. McKay 788
4) everyone is dating by Jeffery Van den engh 623
5) the grain by Édwidge Valéry 546

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1493
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1134
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 826
4) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 667
5) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 661

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1084
2) 10,000 candles by John Sweet 903
3) Lives Writhe For... by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 721
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 2814
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1390
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 905
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 661
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 644

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1300
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1288
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 896
4) A Lovers End by Dustin Burmingham 688
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 1291
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 641
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 1424
4) Flushing Pheasant by Robert Barboza 1115
5) riding pillion with the tablets by Josef Lesser 906

Issue 12:

1) Big Gulp, The by Michele McDannold 1174
2) she worries about me, you see by Rob Taylor 1130
3) Drifter, The by Clifford K. Watkins 1054
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 996
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 972

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1240
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1040
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 964
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 716
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 703

Issue 14:

1) No�Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1636
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1598
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1262
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 1481
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1337
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1335
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1044
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1019

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 781
5) If They Only Knew by Scurvy Bastard 767

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 700

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1282
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1241
3) Ars Poetica by Michael Grover 854
4) At the MGM by Alan King 698
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 870
5) waste by Jack Henry 794

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1246
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1210
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 859

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 934
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 845
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 816
4) when my father dies by Justin Hyde 787
5) a letter from spain by Jeffery Van den engh 679

Issue 22:

1) to remember by David McLean 1027
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 823
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 805
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 773
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 642

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 986
2) good samaritan by John Grochalski 871
3) Propane by Ray Succre 868
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 799
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 1063
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1032
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 1584
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1184
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1150
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 935
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 807

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1707
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 930
3) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 706
4) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 706
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 827

Issue 28:

1) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3298
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1561
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1509
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 4494
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3106
3) impassable by Puma Perl 1981
4) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1731
5) Devil Didn't Mark You, Those Marks Came From The Man, The by Jenni Fagan 1724

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1607
2) feel your heart beating by Dustin Holland 1493
3) Wormhole by Michael K. Gause 1483
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 1486
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 2051
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1556
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1540
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1435

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2094
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1635
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1537
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1520
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1449

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1831
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Melanie Browne 1755
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1610
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1573
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1499

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2013
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1838
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1653
4) Mementos by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1565
5) Miss Universe by Kathy Burkett 1532

Issue 36:

1) A Dangerous Lunatic At The Poetry Reading by Steven Gulvezan 1429
2) How to Act Hip on Your Own Deathbed by Kevin Ridgeway 1334
3) Dear Bukowski by J. Claudius Cloyd 978
4) Opium by Michael Ashley 796
5) Facing West by A.g. Synclair 639

Issue 37:

1) El porno de ti by Joseph M. Gant 1606
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1546
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1324
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 986
5) Stiletto Heeled Gestapo Boots by F.N. Wright 855

Issue 38:

1) Getting It Right by Tim Suermondt 1464
2) After The Heart Attack by Victor Schwartzman 966
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 960
4) Pubic Slapstick by Kevin Ridgeway 860
5) +45° 32' 15.91", -122° 40' 54.85" by Chad Smith 744

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 673
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 862
3) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 694
4) Digging by Eric Ellis 687
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 736
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 618
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 544
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 529

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1540
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 986
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 521
4) ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ by Melanie Browne 438
5) Overnights by Katie Moore 425

Issue 43:

1) And The Metaphor Popped Bright In The Midnight Sky by Steven Gulvezan 663
2) Poem Written Before Jumping Down An Eight Mile Rabbit Hole by Steven Gulvezan 646
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 533
4) Your God by William Taylor Jr. 524
5) All The Days And Nights by Timothy Gager 470

Issue 44:

1) Final Fight by Lauren Tivey 503
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 470
3) A Letter To Socrates by Apryl Skies 458
4) Killing The Moth by Melissa Studdard 454
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 476
4) A People by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 395
5) Fine Dining by Paula E. Kirman 380

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 415
4) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 411
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 308

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. 487
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 336
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 344
5) As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth 325

Issue 50:

1) October Fallen by Chris Lawrence 1521
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 411
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 330
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 308
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 537
3) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 486
4) Urgent by Mike Carson 404
5) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 390

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 476
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 461
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 426

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1160
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 738
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 453
4) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 349
5) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 347

Issue 54:

1) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 388
2) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 374
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 200
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 166
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 161

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 264
2) Common Sense Drinks Alone by Chuck Scott 162
3) Laureate, The by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 157
4) V. by Apryl Skies 145
5) Invisible Land by Sheikha A. 133

Issue 56:

1) Of Dreams & Mortality by Alicia Winski 114
2) Paralyzed by Dawn Schout 89
3) Good Fences by Lee Passarella 82
4) To Chase The Moon by Tracy Lynn Schafer 75
5) Downcast Dreamer, The by Aurelia Lorca 74

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