Below you will find a random selection of poems from each of our Current Rounds. Current Rounds are collections of 12 poems that are available for you to read and vote for, and your votes are important!

The top four poems from each round will advance to the October 2010 Qualifying Round, during which your votes will decide which 100 poems qualify for The Poetry Ark Anthology and the Prize Round. Registered users, rate any number of poems below to get started. Not registered yet? Click here to Register Now.

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  • Dust

    Matt Beagle Bourgault

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    2.09

  • Flowers

    Pepsie Jabre

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    2.1

  • In the Field of Blue Shadows

    Con Chapman

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.94

  • Perseus

    Gary L. Hammontree

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.79

  • In the Sewanee Cemetery: Where Soldiers Rest

    Philip M. Carr-Harris

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.94

  • Saturday Night Speedway

    Kristin Ormiston

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.84

  • To a Cat

    Robert Wooten

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.77

  • I run out of cigarettes sometimes

    Hrvoje Ferle

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.82

  • Topsy Turvy Everything

    Farida Samerkhanova

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    2.41

  • Cricket with Violins

    K.P. Ray

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    2

  • Solitary Narragansett

    Con Chapman

    Your Score

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    Avg Score

    1.89

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