The Web's Most Popular Poetry

Most Popular Poems Today

0) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 2
2) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 2
4) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 2

Most Popular Poems This Week

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 103
2) On The Suffering Poet by James Valvis 87
3) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 70
4) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 68
5) Even Our Death by William Taylor Jr. 56

Most Popular Poems this Month

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 427
2) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 170
3) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 147
4) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 105
5) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 94

Most Popular Poems of All Time

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4662
2) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3693
3) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3399
4) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3145
5) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2961

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1377
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1373
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1257
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1038
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1024

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1457
2) The footbridge by Jeffery Van den engh 974
3) Secretary by Leopold McGinnis 774
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 939
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 559

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1513
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1148
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 845
4) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 690
5) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 675

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1101
2) 10,000 candles by John Sweet 923
3) Lives Writhe For... by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 737
4) Saving the World by Damien Blair 686
5) Alone by Ashok Niyogi 655

Issue 6:

1) Good Morning by Ashok Niyogi 822
2) preparations by Nicholas Lea 735
3) talk by Jeffery Van den engh 624
4) valentine's day manifesto by Jeffery Van den engh 605
5) That's How by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 601

Issue 7:

1) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2961
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1428
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 924
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 675
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 659

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1313
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1310
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 914
4) A Lovers End by Dustin Burmingham 699
5) Change? by Chris Major 695

Issue 9:

1) Impressions of a Future Sound by J. D. Nelson 1619
2) Thursday Afternoon by J. D. Nelson 1602
3) Lucky Charms by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1314
4) a note to all the poets of the world by Rob Taylor 862
5) Palampur by Ashok Niyogi 857

Issue 10:

1) Shape of a Spanish Guitar, The by David Sparenberg 1323
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 1958
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? by J. D. Nelson 1602
3) the successful people of this world by Rob Taylor 1469
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 1197
2) she worries about me, you see by Rob Taylor 1148
3) Drifter, The by Clifford K. Watkins 1084
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 1010
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 988

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1275
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1059
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 984
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 730
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 722

Issue 14:

1) No Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1671
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1626
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1284
4) Retail Saviour by Bryon D. Howell 1054
5) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 906

Issue 15:

1) One Cheesy Sonnet by Bob Boston 1523
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1361
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1350
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1067
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1038

Issue 16:

1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time, The by Joseph Veronneau 998
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 1357
3) plastic by jason neese 986
4) Anathema by George Anderson 967
5) been down ta Las Cruces by Mike Marcellino 712

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1326
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1268
3) Ars Poetica by Michael Grover 868
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 1320
2) I am One of the Monkeys by Corey Mesler 920
3) with all there is by Nicholas Karavatos 901
4) Night School by Gerald So 882
5) waste by Jack Henry 817

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1276
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1255
3) Red Hulk, The by John Rocco 1019
4) Ok, Cupid, stab me! by Tim Murray 917
5) with stars on his hands by Puma Perl 882

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 953
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 862
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 827
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 1046
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 846
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 828
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 792
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 655

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 1002
2) good samaritan by John Grochalski 909
3) Propane by Ray Succre 892
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 819
5) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife by Joseph Victor Milford 712

Issue 24:

1) 6 Signs of the End Times by Dale Wisely 1087
2) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) by Peter Schwartz 1086
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1048
4) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by RD Armstrong 913
5) 3 poems by Bill Gainer 900

Issue 25:

1) Fractured Heel by Eirik Gumeny 1611
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1214
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1173
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 954
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 823

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1744
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 946
3) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 725
4) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 723
5) exit by DB Cox 687

Issue 27:

1) Static by Arlene Ang 1177
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 3399
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1585
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1528
4) Darth Vader is robbing banks in Long Island by Nicholas Orlando Bruno 1484
5) ghosts burn by David McLean 1283

Issue 29:

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4662
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3145
3) impassable by Puma Perl 2070
4) Devil Didn't Mark You, Those Marks Came From The Man, The by Jenni Fagan 1766
5) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1748

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1672
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 1190

Issue 31:

1) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror by Steven Gulvezan 1759
2) Amtrak Club Car by Hal Daniel 1511
3) re-imagining heaven by Jack Varnell 1439
4) Poem for Kaya by John Dorsey 1413
5) Tyson and Cobain by Dan Provost 1172

Issue 32:

1) Clean Slut by Amit Parmessur 2360
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You by James Babbs 2081
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1574
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1569
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1451

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2136
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1680
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1557
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1534
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1466

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1870
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Sparkles McGee 1792
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1634
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1599
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1524

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2067
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1852
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1668
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 1446
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 819
5) Facing West by A.g. Synclair 649

Issue 37:

1) El porno de ti by Joseph M. Gant 1647
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1566
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1350
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 1023
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 1013
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 992
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 1148
2) Before Dawn by Steven Gulvezan 937
3) A Sound Request by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus 718
4) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 703
5) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The by Jeff Santosuosso 678

Issue 40:

1) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3693
2) Hickory Shadows by James Dunlap 879
3) Digging by Eric Ellis 714
4) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 703
5) American Politics by David Blaine 575

Issue 41:

1) Doctor Appelman's Rest by Jane Rosenberg LaForge 856
2) A Pebble On The Dry Riverbed by Karime Limon 753
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 642
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 573
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 544

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1570
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 1034
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 540
4) ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ by Sparkles McGee 456
5) Overnights by Katie Moore 435

Issue 43:

1) And The Metaphor Popped Bright In The Midnight Sky by Steven Gulvezan 681
2) Poem Written Before Jumping Down An Eight Mile Rabbit Hole by Steven Gulvezan 659
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 552
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 529
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 498
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 456

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 484
3) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 430
4) Garbage, the City and Death by Drew Pisarra 428
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 317

Issue 47:

1) After The Sawdust Settled by Steven Gulvezan 565
2) A Friendly Note to Myself and Others Who Might Call Themselves Artists by William Taylor Jr. 498
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 347
4) Slow Time by Nancy Simpson-Younger 337
5) BOOKED FOR THE NEXT INCARNATION by Jay Passer 306

Issue 48:

1) Beauty Isn't by Mike Carson 909
2) Life by Haris Adhikari 635
3) Sliding Into Dusk by S.E. Ingraham 509
4) A Wild Old Man Dances by Kevin Ridgeway 401
5) I Would Ride A Bus With You by Ryder Collins 386

Issue 49:

1) Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley 509
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 356
5) As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth 343

Issue 50:

1) October Fallen by Chris Lawrence 1542
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 424
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 342
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 327
5) Last Dance With Darling, The by Jessica McHugh 299

Issue 51:

1) 1953 by Mark James Andrews 594
2) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 498
3) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 444
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 508
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 494
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 435

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1192
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 1142
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 473
4) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 397
5) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 382

Issue 54:

1) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 424
2) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 408
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 216
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 177
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 176

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 283
2) Common Sense Drinks Alone by Chuck Scott 181
3) Laureate, The by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 179
4) Invisible Land by Sheikha A. 172
5) Ecclesiastes 1:14 by Vivian Asimos 156

Issue 56:

1) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 164
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 98

Issue 57:

1) On The Suffering Poet by James Valvis 95
2) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 79
3) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 71
4) Even Our Death by William Taylor Jr. 63
5) My Belly Is A Tree by Miranda Jane 52

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