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Top 200 Poems

The following is a list by criterea of what our members consider the best poetry on the site. The ranking is based upon the overall score and number of votes cast per poem. Trolling, or voting low to knock people off the list, is tracked and is cause for member termination.

Most Creative:
  1. The Sea Odette by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 26 Votes)
  2. Giggling in Aramaic by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 20 Votes)
  3. The Beholders Eye by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  4. Lost And Found by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  5. Antagony by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  6. Writing with an Angel Feather Quill by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  7. aural mood - the poet laura ate... by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  8. the crazy sky by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  9. iron knees by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  10. Epilogue by Frankie Sanchez
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  11. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  12. Yon hipman! Why you seethe? by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  13. The Gift, The Curse, The Promise by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  14. take up your bed by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  15. cover me - Explicit
     by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  16. Like Pages Torn from Gideon Bibles by V. Blake
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  17. Glaciers by Steven Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  18. In the Month of Spiders by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  19. My Mother's Daughter by Wendy Sparling
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  20. Aliens, Coastlines, and All the Right Things to Say by Megan Guimbellot
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  21. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  22. Without Sound, God is Empty by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  23. you by Paganini Jones
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  24. To the Enlightenment Junkies by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  25. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  26. This Room by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  27. Multiple Choice by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  28. Gargantuan Smile by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  29. Express Lane - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  30. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  31. From A Simple Pen by Maria Terezia Ferencz
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  32. enough is not enough by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  33. Aurora Marialis by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  34. clouds of laughter by Charlie Morgan
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  35. I Tried My Utmost - 5 by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  36. Checkmate by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  37. The line between a YES and NO is too thin by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  38. Are You by George Hoerner
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  39. I Guess Ya Had to Be There. - Explicit
     by V. Blake
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  40. A Contempora - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  41. Jagged Dreams by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  42. Setup Complete by D. Xavier Bari
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  43. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  44. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  45. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  46. Eternal by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  47. t r o m p by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  48. Firmament by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  49. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  50. Hanging Rope by Charles E Minshall
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
 Best Form:
  1. Giggling in Aramaic by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 20 Votes)
  2. fate is the hunter by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
  3. why by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
  4. run to the midnight by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  5. Antagony by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  6. iron knees by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  7. bones in bloom - Explicit
     by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  8. Past Participle (or, Breaking Up with the English Teacher) by Bruce W Niedt
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  9. Writing with an Angel Feather Quill by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  10. aural mood - the poet laura ate... by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  11. (insert your name here) by Charlie Morgan
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  12. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  13. t o u c h by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  14. "We were boys, really." by W. Mahlon Purdin
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  15. Epilogue by Frankie Sanchez
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  16. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  17. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  18. Isolation by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  19. Yon hipman! Why you seethe? by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  20. Close by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  21. Lima Syndrome by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  22. Killing Time As A Cartographer by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  23. shannots by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  24. Gargantuan Smile by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  25. you by Paganini Jones
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  26. This Room by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  27. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  28. Aerosol Artiste - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  29. The Cruel and the Bold by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  30. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  31. I am just a platform. by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  32. From A Simple Pen by Maria Terezia Ferencz
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  33. friend by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  34. Thus so (Autumn) by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  35. poetic dust by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  36. Multiple Choice by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  37. Aliens, Coastlines, and All the Right Things to Say by Megan Guimbellot
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  38. t r o m p by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  39. Eternal by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  40. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  41. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  42. A Contempora - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  43. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  44. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  45. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  46. A Match Made in Paradox by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  47. Aurora Marialis by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  48. Once You Were My Universe by Michael Smith
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  49. Doing is Not My Grain by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  50. Geography of Loneliness by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
 

Most Vivid Imagery:

  1. Giggling in Aramaic by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 20 Votes)
  2. run to the midnight by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  3. Writing with an Angel Feather Quill by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  4. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  5. t o u c h by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  6. Isolation by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  7. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  8. Killing Time by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  9. The Gift, The Curse, The Promise by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  10. take up your bed by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  11. Lima Syndrome by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  12. Medicinal Purpose by Mike Loftis
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  13. taking root by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  14. A Worm's Prayer by Linda Fuller
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  15. No Girls Allowed by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  16. Like Pages Torn from Gideon Bibles by V. Blake
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  17. Glaciers by Steven Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  18. My Mother's Daughter by Wendy Sparling
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  19. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  20. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  21. In the Month of Spiders by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  22. Aliens, Coastlines, and All the Right Things to Say by Megan Guimbellot
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  23. Into The Light by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  24. Christmas Buffet or Chris Sorrenti came to my Christmas dinner. by Mary Ellen Smith
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  25. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  26. The Cruel and the Bold by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  27. Gargantuan Smile by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  28. To the Enlightenment Junkies by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  29. Aurora Marialis by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  30. seaskyrain by Maria Massarella
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  31. Checkmate by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  32. Amazing Grace by Karl Waldbauer
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  33. Doing is Not My Grain by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  34. an hour on earth by Gabriel Ricard
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  35. We CAN Walk Love, Unwalked by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  36. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  37. I Guess Ya Had to Be There. - Explicit
     by V. Blake
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  38. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  39. haiku 290 by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  40. A Match Made in Paradox by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  41. The Trouble With Frogs by Jim Benz
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  42. Geography of Loneliness by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  43. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  44. Blossoming by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  45. I Tried My Utmost - 5 by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  46. A Contempora - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  47. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  48. Firmament by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  49. soft sweet darkness by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 9 Votes)
  50. Chasing Prince Charming by Mike Loftis
    (Brilliant, 9 Votes)
  

Best Overall:

  1. Giggling in Aramaic by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 20 Votes)
  2. why by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
  3. Antagony by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  4. Writing with an Angel Feather Quill by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  5. iron knees by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  6. for my daughter, on Mother's Day by Michele Schottelkorb
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  7. aural mood - the poet laura ate... by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  8. t o u c h by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  9. "We were boys, really." by W. Mahlon Purdin
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  10. (insert your name here) by Charlie Morgan
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  11. Epilogue by Frankie Sanchez
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  12. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  13. Please continue with yourself... by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  14. Yon hipman! Why you seethe? by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  15. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  16. Killing Time by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  17. Isolation by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  18. Close by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  19. Like Pages Torn from Gideon Bibles by V. Blake
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  20. Glaciers by Steven Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  21. A Worm's Prayer by Linda Fuller
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  22. Lima Syndrome by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  23. On Borrowed Time by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  24. I am just a platform. by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  25. - Folding Teeshirts - by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  26. This Room by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  27. Aerosol Artiste - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  28. Multiple Choice by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  29. Gargantuan Smile by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  30. shannots by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  31. Aliens, Coastlines, and All the Right Things to Say by Megan Guimbellot
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  32. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  33. you by Paganini Jones
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  34. Thus so (Autumn) by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  35. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  36. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  37. Into The Light by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  38. From A Simple Pen by Maria Terezia Ferencz
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  39. The Cruel and the Bold by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  40. Peculiar Fire by Ken Harnisch
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  41. My Mother's Daughter by Wendy Sparling
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  42. Christmas Buffet or Chris Sorrenti came to my Christmas dinner. by Mary Ellen Smith
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  43. A Catchy Title Would Make You Want to Read This Poem by Bruce W Niedt
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  44. poetic dust by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  45. friend by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  46. t r o m p by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  47. Plain Yellow Pumpkin by Alison McKenzie
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  48. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  49. enough is not enough by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
  50. Firmament by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 10 Votes)
 

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