The Web's Most Popular Poetry

Most Popular Poems Today

0) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 2
2) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 2
4) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 2

Most Popular Poems This Week

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 104
2) On The Suffering Poet by James Valvis 91
3) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 71
4) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 70
5) Even Our Death by William Taylor Jr. 57

Most Popular Poems this Month

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 413
2) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 162
3) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 141
4) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 99
5) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 92

Most Popular Poems of All Time

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4654
2) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3692
3) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3393
4) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3144
5) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2955

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1374
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1372
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1257
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1036
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1024

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1454
2) The footbridge by Jeffery Van den engh 974
3) Secretary by Leopold McGinnis 772
4) hey babe by Jeffery Van den engh 750
5) here is the hoolahoopla by Jeffery Van den engh 675

Issue 3:

1) Christmas Lights in June by Jennifer McCarthy 1346
2) Night, Knight by Édwidge Valéry 937
3) the travelling trout by K. L. McKay 804
4) everyone is dating by Jeffery Van den engh 642
5) the grain by Édwidge Valéry 558

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1511
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1147
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 843
4) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 690
5) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 675

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1100
2) 10,000 candles by John Sweet 922
3) Lives Writhe For... by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 736
4) Saving the World by Damien Blair 684
5) Alone by Ashok Niyogi 655

Issue 6:

1) Good Morning by Ashok Niyogi 821
2) preparations by Nicholas Lea 734
3) talk by Jeffery Van den engh 623
4) valentine's day manifesto by Jeffery Van den engh 604
5) That's How by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 599

Issue 7:

1) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2955
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1428
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 923
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 672
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 659

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1312
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1309
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 913
4) A Lovers End by Dustin Burmingham 698
5) Change? by Chris Major 695

Issue 9:

1) Impressions of a Future Sound by J. D. Nelson 1618
2) Thursday Afternoon by J. D. Nelson 1600
3) Lucky Charms by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1312
4) a note to all the poets of the world by Rob Taylor 862
5) Palampur by Ashok Niyogi 856

Issue 10:

1) Shape of a Spanish Guitar, The by David Sparenberg 1321
2) gerhard�richter's�blues by John Sweet 657
3) Don't Believe The Hype by Stephen J. Golds 587
4) chalkwhite sun over an empty parking lot, late afternoon, thursday by John Sweet 584
5) Greek Chorus by David Sparenberg 565

Issue 11:

1) who sent you, anyway? by J. D. Nelson 1957
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? by J. D. Nelson 1601
3) the successful people of this world by Rob Taylor 1467
4) Flushing Pheasant by Robert Barboza 1159
5) riding pillion with the tablets by Josef Lesser 924

Issue 12:

1) Big Gulp, The by Michele McDannold 1192
2) she worries about me, you see by Rob Taylor 1147
3) Drifter, The by Clifford K. Watkins 1083
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 1009
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 987

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1274
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1059
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 982
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 730
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 721

Issue 14:

1) No Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1669
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1625
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1283
4) Retail Saviour by Bryon D. Howell 1053
5) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 904

Issue 15:

1) One Cheesy Sonnet by Bob Boston 1522
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1360
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1350
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1064
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1038

Issue 16:

1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time, The by Joseph Veronneau 997
2) Sweat Beads and Heart Palpitations by Joseph Goosey 808
3) pacifist by John Sweet 798
4) Horseshoe Lounge, The by Joel Sweeney 795
5) If They Only Knew by Scurvy Bastard 782

Issue 17:

1) Voracious by Ryan Dilbert 1747
2) Ode to Francis Farmer by Joseph Ridgwell 1355
3) plastic by jason neese 986
4) Anathema by George Anderson 965
5) been down ta Las Cruces by Mike Marcellino 712

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1324
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1267
3) Ars Poetica by Michael Grover 867
4) At the MGM by Alan King 711
5) Empty Forks are for Surrealists by V. Sarno 676

Issue 19:

1) Co-Ed with One Arm, The by Dan Provost 1319
2) I am One of the Monkeys by Corey Mesler 920
3) with all there is by Nicholas Karavatos 900
4) Night School by Gerald So 881
5) waste by Jack Henry 816

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1275
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1252
3) Red Hulk, The by John Rocco 1018
4) Ok, Cupid, stab me! by Tim Murray 917
5) with stars on his hands by Puma Perl 881

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 952
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 862
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 826
4) when my father dies by Justin Hyde 799
5) a letter from spain by Jeffery Van den engh 695

Issue 22:

1) to remember by David McLean 1045
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 845
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 824
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 790
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 654

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 1001
2) good samaritan by John Grochalski 907
3) Propane by Ray Succre 891
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 818
5) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife by Joseph Victor Milford 710

Issue 24:

1) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) by Peter Schwartz 1086
2) 6 Signs of the End Times by Dale Wisely 1085
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1047
4) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by RD Armstrong 912
5) 3 poems by Bill Gainer 899

Issue 25:

1) Fractured Heel by Eirik Gumeny 1609
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1211
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1171
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 954
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 822

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1740
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 945
3) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 724
4) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 723
5) exit by DB Cox 686

Issue 27:

1) Static by Arlene Ang 1176
2) cat woman eating by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 984
3) Help me drown the moonlight by James H Duncan 959
4) Little. Yellow. Different by Jason L. Huskey 876
5) Love's Death Roller(s) by KJ Hays 837

Issue 28:

1) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3393
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1584
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1527
4) Darth Vader is robbing banks in Long Island by Nicholas Orlando Bruno 1484
5) ghosts burn by David McLean 1282

Issue 29:

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4654
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3144
3) impassable by Puma Perl 2068
4) Devil Didn't Mark You, Those Marks Came From The Man, The by Jenni Fagan 1761
5) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1746

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1671
2) feel your heart beating by Dustin Holland 1529
3) Wormhole by Michael K. Gause 1509
4) Art of Shedding Tears, The by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1252
5) Round Table, The by Travis Blair 1189

Issue 31:

1) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror by Steven Gulvezan 1758
2) Amtrak Club Car by Hal Daniel 1510
3) re-imagining heaven by Jack Varnell 1435
4) Poem for Kaya by John Dorsey 1411
5) Tyson and Cobain by Dan Provost 1171

Issue 32:

1) Clean Slut by Amit Parmessur 2355
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You by James Babbs 2081
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1573
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1568
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1450

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2134
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1678
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1557
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1533
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1465

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1868
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Sparkles McGee 1791
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1633
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1598
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1523

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2065
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1852
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1667
4) Mementos by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1595
5) Miss Universe by Kathy Burkett 1558

Issue 36:

1) A Dangerous Lunatic At The Poetry Reading by Steven Gulvezan 1445
2) How to Act Hip on Your Own Deathbed by Kevin Ridgeway 1353
3) Dear Bukowski by J. Claudius Cloyd 991
4) Opium by Michael Ashley 817
5) Facing West by A.g. Synclair 649

Issue 37:

1) El porno de ti by Joseph M. Gant 1646
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1564
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1349
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 1022
5) Stiletto Heeled Gestapo Boots by F.N. Wright 877

Issue 38:

1) Getting It Right by Tim Suermondt 1479
2) After The Heart Attack by Victor Schwartzman 1009
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 989
4) Pubic Slapstick by Kevin Ridgeway 871
5) +45° 32' 15.91", -122° 40' 54.85" by Chad Smith 754

Issue 39:

1) Loving You by Carney James 1147
2) Before Dawn by Steven Gulvezan 936
3) A Sound Request by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus 716
4) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 700
5) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The by Jeff Santosuosso 677

Issue 40:

1) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3692
2) Hickory Shadows by James Dunlap 877
3) Digging by Eric Ellis 712
4) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 703
5) American Politics by David Blaine 574

Issue 41:

1) Doctor Appelman's Rest by Jane Rosenberg LaForge 855
2) A Pebble On The Dry Riverbed by Karime Limon 750
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 641
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 573
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 543

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1570
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 1031
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 539
4) ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ by Sparkles McGee 455
5) Overnights by Katie Moore 433

Issue 43:

1) And The Metaphor Popped Bright In The Midnight Sky by Steven Gulvezan 679
2) Poem Written Before Jumping Down An Eight Mile Rabbit Hole by Steven Gulvezan 659
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 550
4) Your God by William Taylor Jr. 536
5) All The Days And Nights by Timothy Gager 495

Issue 44:

1) Final Fight by Lauren Tivey 527
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 497
3) Killing The Moth by Melissa Studdard 477
4) A Letter To Socrates by Apryl Skies 469
5) Desolation, 2 a.m. by James H Duncan 455

Issue 45:

1) Mr. Jimmy Said by Larry Blumen 643
2) Quantum Poetry by Garrett Phelan 554
3) Futile Resistance by Gary Glauber 488
4) A People by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 413
5) Fine Dining by Paula E. Kirman 396

Issue 46:

1) This One is the Nail in the Coffin by James D Quinton 581
2) A Married Man Living In A Cheap Hotel by Nathan Graziano 483
3) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 429
4) Garbage, the City and Death by Drew Pisarra 427
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 317

Issue 47:

1) After The Sawdust Settled by Steven Gulvezan 564
2) A Friendly Note to Myself and Others Who Might Call Themselves Artists by William Taylor Jr. 498
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 345
4) Slow Time by Nancy Simpson-Younger 336
5) BOOKED FOR THE NEXT INCARNATION by Jay Passer 304

Issue 48:

1) Beauty Isn't by Mike Carson 905
2) Life by Haris Adhikari 635
3) Sliding Into Dusk by S.E. Ingraham 507
4) A Wild Old Man Dances by Kevin Ridgeway 401
5) I Would Ride A Bus With You by Ryder Collins 385

Issue 49:

1) Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley 508
2) Bandaids by Ally Malinenko 457
3) Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost, The by Mike Carson 446
4) Goat Piss Into Gasoline by Jason Ryberg 355
5) As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth 342

Issue 50:

1) October Fallen by Chris Lawrence 1541
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 424
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 340
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 326
5) Last Dance With Darling, The by Jessica McHugh 299

Issue 51:

1) 1953 by Mark James Andrews 592
2) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 497
3) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 441
4) Urgent by Mike Carson 420
5) Life On My Side Of The Street by Chris Bodor 371

Issue 52:

1) Happy Mayan Doomsday by Steven Gulvezan 602
2) What The Gypsy Saw by Steven Gulvezan 582
3) What To Say...What To Say by Ted Jackins 505
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 494
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 435

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1191
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 1128
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 472
4) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 396
5) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 380

Issue 54:

1) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 421
2) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 407
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 215
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 176
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 175

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 282
2) Common Sense Drinks Alone by Chuck Scott 180
3) Laureate, The by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 179
4) Invisible Land by Sheikha A. 170
5) Ecclesiastes 1:14 by Vivian Asimos 156

Issue 56:

1) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 162
2) Of Dreams & Mortality by Alicia Winski 144
3) Paralyzed by Dawn Schout 115
4) Good Fences by Lee Passarella 106
5) Downcast Dreamer, The by Aurelia Lorca 96

Issue 57:

1) On The Suffering Poet by James Valvis 94
2) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 73
3) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 71
4) Even Our Death by William Taylor Jr. 58
5) My Belly Is A Tree by Miranda Jane 50

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