1. Gems Of Armageddon by Gregory O'Neill
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
2. A Tenet In Periphery by Gregory O'Neill
   (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
3. essential journey by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
4. cover me - Explicit
   by Mara Meade
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
5. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
6. Lost And Found by Anne Engelen
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
7. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
8. Stardust by Aaron Blair
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
9. MOMENT 12 by Graeme Fielden
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
10. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
11. Night Siren by Therese Boling
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
12. Rendezvous Point by Arthur D Freeman
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
13. Poet in the Summer Forest by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
14. I've Loved You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
15. Imagine Me in Cassie's Red Suede Boots by Rusty C Arquette
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
16. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
17. Dissolve by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
18. Without Sound, God is Empty by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
19. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
20. Ye Gods and Little Fishhooks by Kristine Briese
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
21. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
22. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
23. last notes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
24. Fete by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
25. goldengate by S.K. Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
26. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
27. Postcards to Edinburgh by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
28. Feast Or Famine by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
29. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
30. Another You And Me by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
31. Hanging Rope by Charles E Minshall
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
32. I Simply by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
33. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
34. views of valleys by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
35. rituals of steam and water by Garth Hill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
36. Over The Rubicon by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
37. Sententious (Love) by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
38. To the Symphony of Forever by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
39. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
40. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
41. silent spring by Peter Humphreys
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
42. Chalk Marks on a Dead Soul by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
43. 71st and 8th drunk girl thinks me her man from the back by Elliot Thaler
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
44. Additionally, This Poem by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
45. Growing Roots by David R Spellman
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
46. Cocoon at 4:18 by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
47. Iron Mountain by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
48. From Cloud Nine... to you by David R Spellman
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
49. Eternal by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
50. she lifts sunglasses by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)

1. not watching the breast-feeding woman in the cafe at seven a.m. by Elliot Thaler
   (Brilliant, 31 Votes)
2. shannots by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
3. Gems Of Armageddon by Gregory O'Neill
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
4. A King's Ransom by Lori Blair
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
5. dear poet by Christian Ragunton
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
6. How to write poetry by Bridger Madison
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
7. essential journey by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
8. Still Living Without You! by Lori Blair
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
9. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
10. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
11. Stardust by Aaron Blair
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
12. A Contempora - Explicit
    by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
13. Multiple Choice by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
14. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
15. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
16. Night Siren by Therese Boling
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
17. divide and rue by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
18. But Not Me! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
19. You remind me of me by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
20. I've Loved You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
21. "We were boys, really." by W. Mahlon Purdin
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
22. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
23. So The Soothe Unfurled by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
24. last notes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
25. His Rime by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
26. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
27. In Our White Days by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
28. Ye Gods and Little Fishhooks by Kristine Briese
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
29. Dissolve by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
30. Imagine Me in Cassie's Red Suede Boots by Rusty C Arquette
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
31. A Caprice Of Uncommon Lightness by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
32. I am just a platform. by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
33. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
34. Killing Time As A Cartographer by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
35. Fete by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
36. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
37. Back When I Was Stupid by Mike Loftis
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
38. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
39. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
40. Another You And Me by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
41. Confessions of a Black Widow by Meredith C Hartwell
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
42. My Hunger by Laurie Blum
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
43. Feast Or Famine by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
44. Ripples by Barbara Dooley
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
45. Sententious (Love) by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
46. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
47. Doing is Not My Grain by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
48. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
49. views of valleys by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
50. And We Sing The Guise Of Common Good by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)

Most Vivid Imagery:

1. specter by Christian Ragunton
   (Brilliant, 23 Votes)
2. Isolation by Alison McKenzie
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
3. a firmament by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
4. Medicinal Purpose by Mike Loftis
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
5. Stardust by Aaron Blair
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
6. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
   (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
7. Into The Light by Chris Sorrenti
   (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
8. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
   (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
9. Rendezvous Point by Arthur D Freeman
   (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
10. Night Siren by Therese Boling
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
11. Poet in the Summer Forest by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
12. Loneliness, my Arizona by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
13. A Caprice Of Uncommon Lightness by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
14. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
15. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
16. Ye Gods and Little Fishhooks by Kristine Briese
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
17. In Our White Days by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
18. trees are alive to me by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
19. From the Mouths of Babes by Michael Smith
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
20. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
21. Full House by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
22. last notes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
23. Confessions of a Black Widow by Meredith C Hartwell
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
24. Over The Rubicon by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
25. unraveling by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
26. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
27. To the Symphony of Forever by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
28. My Hunger by Laurie Blum
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
29. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
30. Doing is Not My Grain by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
31. Blossoming by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
32. silent spring by Peter Humphreys
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
33. A Christmas that almost never was by Dave Fitzgerald
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
34. rituals of steam and water by Garth Hill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
35. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
36. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
37. Another You And Me by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
38. If Lakes Were Eyes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
39. Amazing Grace by Karl Waldbauer
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
40. a language of coins by Jim Benz
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
41. Aurora Marialis by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
42. Erasure by Jim Benz
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
43. all of the rain at once. by S.K. Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
44. Killing Time by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
45. For What It's Worth by Ken Harnisch
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
46. Eve by Indigo Tempesta
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
47. Climatic Dream Analysis by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
48. They've Censored Q! They've Censored Q! by Alex Smyth
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
49. Iron Mountain by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
50. cosmic by Maria Massarella
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)

Best Overall:

1. specter by Christian Ragunton
   (Brilliant, 23 Votes)
2. shannots by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
3. Isolation by Alison McKenzie
   (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
4. I was dead and buried for ages. by Ashok Sharda
   (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
5. A Tenet In Periphery by Gregory O'Neill
   (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
6. How to write poetry by Bridger Madison
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
7. essential journey by Elizabeth Jill
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
8. A King's Ransom by Lori Blair
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
9. dear poet by Christian Ragunton
   (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
10. Please continue with yourself... by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
11. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
12. Stardust by Aaron Blair
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
13. Going Sleeveless by Rhiannon Jones
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
14. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
15. Into The Light by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
16. Glaciers by S.K. Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
17. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
18. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
19. On Borrowed Time by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
20. Peculiar Fire by Ken Harnisch
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
21. divide and rue by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
22. Night Siren by Therese Boling
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
23. Rendezvous Point by Arthur D Freeman
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
24. Loneliness, my Arizona by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
25. I've Loved You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
26. Postcards to Edinburgh by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
27. Full House by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
28. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
29. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
30. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
31. - Folding Teeshirts - by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
32. I am just a platform. by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
33. Imagine Me in Cassie's Red Suede Boots by Rusty C Arquette
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
34. Follow Me into the Dissonance by Vince Blake
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
35. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
36. goldengate by S.K. Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
37. In Our White Days by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
38. "We were boys, really." by W. Mahlon Purdin
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
39. Fete by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
40. Dissolve by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
41. Dead Babies by Aaron Blair
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
42. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
43. after one cheap beer too many by Krystin Marie
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
44. I Simply by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
45. A Christmas that almost never was by Dave Fitzgerald
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
46. views of valleys by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
47. Feast Or Famine by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
48. Sententious (Love) by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
49. And We Sing The Guise Of Common Good by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
50. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)