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Most Popular Poems This Week

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 100
2) On The Suffering Poet by James Valvis 71
3) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 68
4) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 59
5) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 56

Most Popular Poems this Month

1) Dying Already by RG Foster 381
2) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 154
3) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 128
4) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 94
5) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 89

Most Popular Poems of All Time

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4646
2) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3691
3) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3388
4) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3140
5) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2942

Most Popular Poems by Issue

Issue 1:

1) Georgian Summer's End by Louisa Sunstrum 1372
2) Within a Stillborn Night: by Joan Hoekstra 1370
3) subtotal by Joan Hoekstra 1253
4) overkill by Rita Simpson 1036
5) Snug by Leopold McGinnis 1024

Issue 2:

1) wristwatch by Jeffery Van den engh 1450
2) The footbridge by Jeffery Van den engh 972
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 674

Issue 3:

1) Christmas Lights in June by Jennifer McCarthy 1339
2) Night, Knight by Édwidge Valéry 935
3) the travelling trout by K. L. McKay 802
4) everyone is dating by Jeffery Van den engh 641
5) the grain by Édwidge Valéry 558

Issue 4:

1) I like it hot by Jennifer McCarthy 1510
2) Tuning in the Peach by David McGinnis 1147
3) Dead Birds of a Feather by David McGinnis 843
4) Optimist by Leopold McGinnis 685
5) small world by Jeffery Van den engh 675

Issue 5:

1) Art is Dead. by Leopold McGinnis 1099
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 683
5) Alone by Ashok Niyogi 655

Issue 6:

1) Good Morning by Ashok Niyogi 820
2) preparations by Nicholas Lea 732
3) talk by Jeffery Van den engh 622
4) valentine's day manifesto by Jeffery Van den engh 602
5) That's How by Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy 599

Issue 7:

1) Hansel and Gretel by Josef Lesser 2942
2) bedtime story by Lori A. May 1426
3) Pink Pine Forest by Ashok Niyogi 922
4) Urchin by Ashok Niyogi 671
5) Foothill Town by Ashok Niyogi 659

Issue 8:

1) Last Call by Joshua K. Chase 1311
2) Pop Diva by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1309
3) Autumn Night by Jeffery Van den engh 911
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 1617
2) Thursday Afternoon by J. D. Nelson 1600
3) Lucky Charms by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1308
4) a note to all the poets of the world by Rob Taylor 862
5) Palampur by Ashok Niyogi 855

Issue 10:

1) Shape of a Spanish Guitar, The by David Sparenberg 1318
2) gerhard�richter's�blues by John Sweet 656
3) Don't Believe The Hype by Stephen J. Golds 586
4) chalkwhite sun over an empty parking lot, late afternoon, thursday by John Sweet 584
5) Greek Chorus by David Sparenberg 564

Issue 11:

1) who sent you, anyway? by J. D. Nelson 1956
2) where do you robots come up with this stuff? by J. D. Nelson 1600
3) the successful people of this world by Rob Taylor 1463
4) Flushing Pheasant by Robert Barboza 1156
5) riding pillion with the tablets by Josef Lesser 922

Issue 12:

1) Big Gulp, The by Michele McDannold 1192
2) she worries about me, you see by Rob Taylor 1146
3) Drifter, The by Clifford K. Watkins 1080
4) sniped by Rob Taylor 1009
5) Bill by A.D. Winans 984

Issue 13:

1) From a Dying Cockroach by Willie Smith 1262
2) Masturbating Poet by Doug Draime 1059
3) Morning Paper by Jeffrey Spahr 982
4) Do Not Alarm Yourself by Michele McDannold 728
5) Not Until by Terry Collett 720

Issue 14:

1) No Excuses by Linda Rosenkrans 1666
2) Explaining My Pregnancy To Anti-Breeders by Misti Rainwater-Lites 1624
3) The Great Music Producer by Damion Hamilton 1280
4) Retail Saviour by Bryon D. Howell 1052
5) how i got this scar by Rob Taylor 903

Issue 15:

1) One Cheesy Sonnet by Bob Boston 1519
2) A Good Day by Anthony Liccione 1358
3) Not Feeling OK by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 1350
4) a riesling perhaps by Jeffery Van den engh 1061
5) Only the Beer by Michael Estabrook 1036

Issue 16:

1) Perfect Essence Of Wasted Time, The by Joseph Veronneau 996
2) Sweat Beads and Heart Palpitations by Joseph Goosey 807
3) pacifist by John Sweet 798
4) Horseshoe Lounge, The by Joel Sweeney 795
5) If They Only Knew by Scurvy Bastard 781

Issue 17:

1) Voracious by Ryan Dilbert 1745
2) Ode to Francis Farmer by Joseph Ridgwell 1355
3) plastic by jason neese 982
4) Anathema by George Anderson 963
5) been down ta Las Cruces by Mike Marcellino 711

Issue 18:

1) mazola party, the by Justin Hyde 1321
2) Inevitability of Grilled Cheese, The by J.R. Pearson 1266
3) Ars Poetica by Michael Grover 866
4) At the MGM by Alan King 711
5) Empty Forks are for Surrealists by V. Sarno 675

Issue 19:

1) Co-Ed with One Arm, The by Dan Provost 1317
2) I am One of the Monkeys by Corey Mesler 918
3) with all there is by Nicholas Karavatos 900
4) Night School by Gerald So 881
5) waste by Jack Henry 814

Issue 20:

1) Cutting Board by V. Sarno 1274
2) Oceanic by John Grey 1246
3) Red Hulk, The by John Rocco 1017
4) Ok, Cupid, stab me! by Tim Murray 915
5) with stars on his hands by Puma Perl 878

Issue 21:

1) Jazz is dead by James H Duncan 951
2) Steady as She Goes by Jennifer Hardwick 861
3) Darfur Equinox by Scot Young 825
4) when my father dies by Justin Hyde 798
5) a letter from spain by Jeffery Van den engh 693

Issue 22:

1) to remember by David McLean 1042
2) goddamn by Kelley Jean White 843
3) Hunted, The by Zach King-Smith 823
4) because i once loved by Jeffery Van den engh 788
5) Honest things by Kelley Jean White 653

Issue 23:

1) neighbor to my left by Justin Hyde 999
2) good samaritan by John Grochalski 902
3) Propane by Ray Succre 888
4) Ding Dong by Howie Good 816
5) For Sue: Lev's Late Wife by Joseph Victor Milford 708

Issue 24:

1) public apology (or, why most people hate monks) by Peter Schwartz 1084
2) 6 Signs of the End Times by Dale Wisely 1083
3) Lynching by Chris Deal 1045
4) IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by RD Armstrong 910
5) 3 poems by Bill Gainer 897

Issue 25:

1) Fractured Heel by Eirik Gumeny 1605
2) Hera Is: One Hot Tomato by David Crawford 1207
3) No Stars Pension in Downtown Cairo by Jenni Fagan 1169
4) way the new year crumbles, the by John Grochalski 952
5) Alligator Boots by Doug Draime 821

Issue 26:

1) I Saw the Face of Capitalism by Ryan Quinn Flanagan 1735
2) Legs by April Michelle Bratten 944
3) mistress & the bully, the by Jason Floyd Williams 723
4) In a Coffeeshop by Zachary Whalen 719
5) exit by DB Cox 683

Issue 27:

1) Static by Arlene Ang 1173
2) cat woman eating by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 981
3) Help me drown the moonlight by James H Duncan 957
4) Little. Yellow. Different by Jason L. Huskey 871
5) Love's Death Roller(s) by KJ Hays 836

Issue 28:

1) Poems as baseball metaphor by Harry Calhoun 3388
2) Dogs of Paris, The by Steven Gulvezan 1581
3) Cows Make the Best Meteorologists Pantoum by Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman 1525
4) Darth Vader is robbing banks in Long Island by Nicholas Orlando Bruno 1482
5) ghosts burn by David McLean 1281

Issue 29:

1) Poem For A Friend In Prison by A.D. Winans 4646
2) Stockholm Syndrome by Matt Galletta 3140
3) impassable by Puma Perl 2059
4) Devil Didn't Mark You, Those Marks Came From The Man, The by Jenni Fagan 1759
5) A Waste of Time and Ink by Chris Deal 1746

Issue 30:

1) To the Child at Times Square by Craig Fishbane 1668
2) feel your heart beating by Dustin Holland 1524
3) Wormhole by Michael K. Gause 1508
4) Art of Shedding Tears, The by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1252
5) Round Table, The by Travis Blair 1186

Issue 31:

1) Diamonds In the Bar-Room Mirror by Steven Gulvezan 1755
2) Amtrak Club Car by Hal Daniel 1507
3) re-imagining heaven by Jack Varnell 1434
4) Poem for Kaya by John Dorsey 1409
5) Tyson and Cobain by Dan Provost 1170

Issue 32:

1) Clean Slut by Amit Parmessur 2354
2) Tonight I'm Drinking Trying to Forget You by James Babbs 2080
3) Ellipses (Into the Endgame) by Philip Tinkler 1573
4) Moon the Jellyfish, The by Matt Sradeja 1567
5) Anonymous by Jay Passer 1450

Issue 33:

1) 39th Birthday by Mather Schneider 2127
2) Facial Hair by Alexander J. Allison 1675
3) Cynically Yours: A New Yorker by Sweta Srivastava Vikram 1557
4) Om by Melissa Studdard 1532
5) Drum Circle for Janine Pommy Vega, The by Valery Oisteanu 1461

Issue 34:

1) If I Had A Unicorn by Jessica McHugh 1866
2) Like a Bangkok sex tourist by Sparkles McGee 1789
3) Strange Days by Melissa Hansen 1631
4) Crack Bitch Panties by Cassandra Dallett 1597
5) Nicotine Riddles by Craig Fishbane 1520

Issue 35:

1) Black-eyed Susan by Jonie McIntire 2063
2) Mighty Poem by Mike Finley 1851
3) Everything That Kills Me by William Taylor Jr. 1664
4) Mementos by Cynthia Ruth Lewis 1592
5) Miss Universe by Kathy Burkett 1556

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 1351
3) Dear Bukowski by J. Claudius Cloyd 989
4) Opium by Michael Ashley 815
5) Facing West by A.g. Synclair 649

Issue 37:

1) El porno de ti by Joseph M. Gant 1644
2) Rhapsody On Q A by Uche Ogbuji 1563
3) Fortune Teller, The by Sonia Saikaley 1347
4) Shit Happens by Jane Butler 1020
5) Stiletto Heeled Gestapo Boots by F.N. Wright 875

Issue 38:

1) Getting It Right by Tim Suermondt 1478
2) After The Heart Attack by Victor Schwartzman 1008
3) Waitress, The by Nathan Graziano 988
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 1143
2) Before Dawn by Steven Gulvezan 935
3) A Sound Request by Benjameno Ĉarlo Kraus 716
4) Screaming Mime by Mark Blickley 697
5) Case For Ping-Pong Tables, The by Jeff Santosuosso 677

Issue 40:

1) An Ordinary Life by Ted King 3691
2) Hickory Shadows by James Dunlap 876
3) Digging by Eric Ellis 710
4) Clearly Not From Here by Aleathia Drehmer 702
5) American Politics by David Blaine 574

Issue 41:

1) Doctor Appelman's Rest by Jane Rosenberg LaForge 854
2) A Pebble On The Dry Riverbed by Karime Limon 750
3) VANG VIENG TO PAKSE by Devin Marco Thomas 636
4) Sky Lanterns by John Swain 572
5) Sound Of Sunflowers, The by Sirenna Blas 542

Issue 42:

1) Woolen Shapes by Chris Lawrence 1565
2) Rock Candy Manna in Gin Clear Waters by Mark James Andrews 1024
3) 17 Seconds, Four Doors Down by Sarah Crewe 538
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 658
3) Canoe by Kevin Ridgeway 549
4) Your God by William Taylor Jr. 534
5) All The Days And Nights by Timothy Gager 491

Issue 44:

1) Final Fight by Lauren Tivey 525
2) Stomachache by Lizette Martinez 494
3) Killing The Moth by Melissa Studdard 475
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 640
2) Quantum Poetry by Garrett Phelan 553
3) Futile Resistance by Gary Glauber 487
4) A People by Wanda Morrow Clevenger 412
5) Fine Dining by Paula E. Kirman 396

Issue 46:

1) This One is the Nail in the Coffin by James D Quinton 579
2) A Married Man Living In A Cheap Hotel by Nathan Graziano 482
3) Garbage, the City and Death by Drew Pisarra 427
4) Waiting On The Ballet by Brenton Booth 427
5) Let It Go by Vickie Lee 317

Issue 47:

1) After The Sawdust Settled by Steven Gulvezan 562
2) A Friendly Note to Myself and Others Who Might Call Themselves Artists by William Taylor Jr. 497
3) REALITY by Gordon Hilgers 345
4) Slow Time by Nancy Simpson-Younger 333
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 634
3) Sliding Into Dusk by S.E. Ingraham 507
4) A Wild Old Man Dances by Kevin Ridgeway 400
5) I Would Ride A Bus With You by Ryder Collins 384

Issue 49:

1) Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley 506
2) Bandaids by Ally Malinenko 456
3) Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost, The by Mike Carson 445
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 1538
2) Poem by Haris Adhikari 423
3) Cenotaph of the Swallowtail by Apryl Skies 340
4) Charlie don't Surf! by Michele McDannold 325
5) Last Dance With Darling, The by Jessica McHugh 298

Issue 51:

1) 1953 by Mark James Andrews 586
2) For Beth & Mindy by Victor D. Infante 497
3) Rag Tags by Uche Ogbuji 438
4) Urgent by Mike Carson 420
5) Life On My Side Of The Street by Chris Bodor 370

Issue 52:

1) Happy Mayan Doomsday by Steven Gulvezan 600
2) What The Gypsy Saw by Steven Gulvezan 580
3) What To Say...What To Say by Ted Jackins 502
4) Seasons by Laura Lawless 491
5) Little Darlings, The by Alan Catlin 434

Issue 53:

1) Adversity & In Sandy Hook by Robert Vaughan 1186
2) Dying Already by RG Foster 1096
3) A String of Deaths by Chris Bodor 470
4) A Balltwister Of A Poem by Johannes Beilharz 392
5) Autopsy Report by Andrew J. Stone 378

Issue 54:

1) My Two Sams by Rick Lupert 419
2) Smashing Time by Wayne Dean-Richards 407
3) At A Small Liberal Arts College by Kevin Ridgeway 213
4) Shopping by Michael Phoenix 175
5) Gethsemane Tree, The by Constantine Mountrakis 173

Issue 55:

1) One Poet in Chicago by Peycho Kanev 280
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 155

Issue 56:

1) I'm still crazy in-fuck with you by Cassie Heltzel 159
2) Of Dreams & Mortality by Alicia Winski 141
3) Paralyzed by Dawn Schout 113
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 74
2) Signing My Enlistment Papers by James Valvis 68
3) Pygmalion by Missy Banyacski 62
4) Even Our Death by William Taylor Jr. 55
5) A Map Of Oz by Sparkles McGee 47

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