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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, 30 Votes)
  2. Gems Of Armageddon by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 19 Votes)
  3. A Tenet In Periphery by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 18 Votes)
  4. Stardust by Aaron Blair
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  5. essential journey by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  6. cover me - Explicit
     by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  7. Lost And Found by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  8. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  9. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  10. MOMENT 12 by Graeme Fielden
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  11. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  12. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  13. The Gift, The Curse, The Promise by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  14. Rendezvous Point by Arthur D Freeman
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  15. Poet in the Summer Forest by Julie Adams
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  16. I've Loved You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  17. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  18. Without Sound, God is Empty by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  19. Ye Gods and Little Fishhooks by Kristine Briese
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  20. goldengate by Steven Kenworthy
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  21. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  22. why I don’t write by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  23. Fete by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  24. last notes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  25. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  26. Imagine Me in Cassie's Red Suede Boots by Rusty C Arquette
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  27. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  28. Dissolve by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  29. Postcards to Edinburgh by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  30. I Simply by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  31. views of valleys by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  32. Are You by George Hoerner
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  33. rituals of steam and water by Garth Hill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  34. Feast Or Famine by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  35. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  36. Hanging Rope by Charles E Minshall
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  37. Another You And Me by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  38. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  39. To the Symphony of Forever by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  40. Definitely not the seashore by Bonnie J Adams
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  41. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  42. Over The Rubicon by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  43. silent spring by Peter Humphreys
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  44. Additionally, This Poem by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  45. Set Apart by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  46. Sententious (Love) by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  47. judo for dinner by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  48. Chalk Marks on a Dead Soul by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  49. Barbie Dream by Holly H Dunne
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
  50. 71st and 8th drunk girl thinks me her man from the back by Elliot Thaler
    (Brilliant, 11 Votes)
 Best Form:
  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. How to write poetry by Bridger Madison
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  6. Stardust by Aaron Blair
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  7. essential journey by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  8. dear poet by Christian Ragunton
    (Brilliant, 17 Votes)
  9. Kaleidoscope by Barbara Penryn
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  10. Oceans run deep by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  11. Still Living Without You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 16 Votes)
  12. Unraveled Strands by Max Bouillet
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  13. A Contempora - Explicit
     by JD Clay
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  14. Multiple Choice by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  15. Night Siren by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  16. Waiting by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 15 Votes)
  17. You remind me of me by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  18. divide and rue by Laura Doom
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  19. The Gift, The Curse, The Promise by Chris Sorrenti
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  20. I've Loved You! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  21. But Not Me! by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 14 Votes)
  22. Ye Gods and Little Fishhooks by Kristine Briese
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  23. bleeding medium point, black by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  24. Dissolve by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  25. So The Soothe Unfurled by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  26. Fete by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  27. last notes by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  28. Imagine Me in Cassie's Red Suede Boots by Rusty C Arquette
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  29. A Caprice Of Uncommon Lightness by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  30. His Rime by Lori Blair
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  31. Cello by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  32. Searching Indigo Shade by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  33. Lima Syndrome by Therese Elaine
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  34. In Our White Days by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  35. Back When I Was Stupid by Mike Loftis
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  36. I am just a platform. by Ashok Sharda
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  37. Killing Time As A Cartographer by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  38. A Horse Tied to a Tree by Glenn Currier
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  39. everyday horses by Elizabeth Jill
    (Brilliant, 13 Votes)
  40. Definitely not the seashore by Bonnie J Adams
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  41. Home Finds Us by Rula Shin
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  42. The Abundance of You by Kathleen Wilson
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  43. Additionally, This Poem by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  44. Confessions of a Black Widow by Meredith C Hartwell
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  45. My Hunger by Laurie Blum
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  46. views of valleys by Mara Meade
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  47. Aurora Marialis by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  48. Within - Without by Kristina Woodhill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  49. Feast Or Famine by Gregory O'Neill
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
  50. In My Own Defence I Blame My Hotel by Anne Engelen
    (Brilliant, 12 Votes)
 

Most Vivid Imagery:

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

Best Overall:

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

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