who are th best poets on this site?

who do you think are the top 3 poets?

Bob Shank
Ann Marie

The last one is a pick between Gary Jurechka, A Boy Called Trevor, Enslavement of Beauty, and Chris Walker! Too hard to choose....

this is an overasked question first of all... but i would have to say it's to hard to narrow it down to three. This site is huge and there are a ton of great poets that should be reconized in this thread.

~Jacklyn

I have read many excellent poets on this site, Sunny, Brooke, Steven, chris Walker, Mike Glass, Sweet Engima, Jason Meres, Holly Armer, Angelina taylor, bob Shank, JHarisson, Michaela Chan (or something like that=) StarEyesAnn, Meena,

All these possess the power to move me with their words...and there are many more that I have forgotten...

but one, still, amazes me more than any I have ever read...HansRik, the manager of Ye Olde Societee, is it I am speaking of...

If good poetry is what you seek, be sure to read "The Elegy of Lovers"...

It's not possible to limit to 3 as there are many good poets, so I will offer up only a list of some of my own favs.:-

Aashik
Ann Marie
Amanda Bee
Ann *Stareyes*
Atomic
Angela
Angelina Taylor
Apathetic Soul
Bob Shank
Bill Turner
Brooke
Bean
Chelsey
Chris Walker
EOB
Eddie Garcia
Fisherman
Gesselle
HansRik
Holly Armer
Jacki
Jacklyn
Jason Meres
JJ
JHarrison
Katie
Kaitlin Kristina
Kevin Murray
Luanne
Marketeer
Meena
Mike Glass
Natalie84
Nikki
Peter DeJesse
Robert Gardiner
Satin
Simon Hayes
Sherry Lynn
Steve Flash
Stormy
Sunny
Sweetenigma

Also many others.

I am not familiar with enough of the volume if poets on this site, and even though I have found some I like and think are good, to comment and put forth a list would mean me surely leaving some talented poets out, being whereas I have not encountered, read, enough of poets on this site. Fact is, also, I have my bias, preference, towards certain types of poetry, towards a certain style and romantic flair, with which not everybody writes, and thusly, there are some poets who are very talented and works are very good who just don't readily catch my eye, but overall, I think Steve has a point as it not being possible to limit it to only 3 and I also think he has a rather good list. I have read some of those poets and found them to be rather talented, also, as steve himself is . There are a lot of good poets on this site and as we all know some not so, but unless you’ve managed to read all of the sites poets and can appreciated and recognized talent in and of all poetry styles (forms) it is impossible to give and accurate list!!!

heres just a few of the many good poets on the site...

Ann *Stareyes*
HOLLY ARMER
Sunny
Poetic Soul
Steven Beesley
Bob Shank
JJ
Bleeding_Red_Fallen_Angel
katie!>©
Marketer©
ElegantlyWasted
ThasMe
>torn apart
Angelina Taylor®
°Tempting Fate°
Cory Mastrandrea
cowgirlstar26
Musicality
Shædow Poet
Steve Flash
Sherry Lynn
Amanda Bee

~Jacklyn

the poets on this site are all good, in there own way, and poems are about things we care about, things that happen to us, its our unique personality that makes these poems, and we are all good in our own way, its not as if any of us are bad poets because our poems are all good, some poems we write are better than others, because of things that may be affecting us.
I hate it when people ask who are the best poets because we are all great poets and while it makes us feel good that someone likes our poetry, it also makes us sad when we are not put down as favourites. Peace.
Tara-Kay xxxx

thanks Bean, your a good poet too! you bring something fresh to the site!

~Jacklyn

only three?!!? wow... there are waaay too many to simply narrow them down to three.

Adam Detzner
HansRik
Empty Space
Andrea
Switchblade
kilman
Pure Silence
*~Losing-Faith~*
Shattered_Voice
Chris
Mark
Faceless Mirror
Scarlet~haze
FoxyBlondFemme
Strange Angel
Ryan
Jake P.
Joey Matthews

as well as many many many more.

you can't say who the best writers are if you haven't read everyone's stuff. I think there are hundreds of really talented writers on this site who just aren't as well known as some.

Bob Shank
Zyphrex
Holly Amer

gotta love em' ^___^

Awwwww Bob. You mentioned me! I am truly honored! Just for that you can go to the bathroom anytime you want to in my class without even reciting the ABC's first. And you don't even need a hall pass:)

A few of my favorites:

Bob Shank
Stormy
Ann Marie
Sunny
Adam Detzner
FTS Miles
Steven Beesley
Enslavement of Beauty
Chris Walker

Just to name a few.

These types of posts always remind me of the days when people have to choose teams - it's so cruel :(

-Lyd

Hey, don't frown, Lyd. I would choose you to be on my team because I like you too:)

There's too many to list,

Probably my main one is Michaela Chan

Oh dear. I'm completely the opposite cause I haven't found many favourites at all. The only ones I can think of right now are
Apathetic Soul,
MY1&only,
and also Wintersolstice.

I'm gonna go read up on all the other favourites posted here now.

I believe there are many people on this site who I haven't noticed yet. But the poems i read the most come from these people.

JHarrison
Michael D Nalley
Enslavement of Beauty
guyute
JJ

dwight t, michaela chan, and....

there are so many peeps on this sight none of you have heard of, so just for the record, if you look at some of the newer and less known poets you'll notice how good they are.
xxx

yeah I agree with Tara
but ppl I like to read their poems the most are:
---MaZe---
*|ღ|*Christina*|ღ|*
-ღ-UnLuCky GuRL-ღ- (Sarah Khlifa)
Red rose
…°¤•*d0яα
Nannoush
`~*Nala*~`
ღ Christina ღ

they're really great writers =)..though there are Lotz of other good writers.

Switchblade, kilman, Ŧhe Angelic ₣airy, Bill Turner, hghschl_babe09, BEYONDCOMPARE, Raychel, and me i guess.

everybody on steven's list (except for me) and all the members of EOP. and everybody else too. :)

jj your on his list i just looked!

~Jacklyn

I find it arduous to judge poetry. Of course, sometimes it is quite obvious who the better poet is between two, but I find poetry to be an intensely personal art. Most of the time, I cannot and will not try to pick the better poet.

Unseen Exposure

Theres alot of work that i haven't read, and I'm sure there is alot of talented people on this site who have not been recognized, but I'd have to say these are some of the people who i found to write very well.

Mark Spencer

Bleeding_Red_Fallen_Angel

Taylor

Bob Shank

FoxyBlondFemme

.··▪°●·d0ra·●°▪··.

¤Kristina¤

*bleeding4eternity*

Upon_Bloody_Wings

Frankly, I don't think there is just one (or 3) best writers on the site. We all have different styles aswell as different taste. Not everyone is going to like one persons writing right? I've read alot of people's work, and we're all pretty good and in touch with emotions. Some of us express it better, and some of us have more to express... Anyway, I agree with most of the lists I've seen on here so far - you guys are all fantastic! Here's to hoping this site stays alive and one day all us writers will be published ;) hehe.

I was thinking...

Would it be one of the poets on everyone's favorite list, or one of the unknown ones, who will in the future gather fame, get published and paid for what is marvelous work?

It is strange, that sometimes it is what starts out to be the very smallest of people, that grow the strongest..

This sites have so many talented writers , naming just three wont b fair , still my all time fav are;

Kumar
Meena
Bob shank
Aashik
FTS Miles.

--chavii--

I would like to say that I really enjoy some of the poetry on this site and to say that anyone is better than another would be hard to do.

I am just glad this site is here and that I can share some poetry of mine.

Well, JHarrison you are a great writer. Deffinately one of my favorites.

i cant remember all of mine..but some are...

atomic (with the special thingys on each side of the name)
xdarksuicidex
jake p.
+anthony+

and many moer thats just all i remember..lol

~*Who Cares?*~

there are no stupid questions.

~Jacklyn

i disagree. there are some stupid questions.

there are no stupid questions, just stupid people that ask questions...

but i don't really think this is a stupid question, just over asked. some people can put this question to good use and possibly use some of the other list to check out some new poems. obiously there is going to be a lot of talent that isn't listen in this list because that would be impossible for a growing web site.

~Jacklyn

"I have learned that the comparing mind is the week mind"

In that case, we all have weak minds. You compare things all the time.

"Such these minds as soon as they grade things their reaction towards the objects of their grading change accordingly and they do not respond to the reality of them any more."

These minds? Do you mean all those who compare things in life. Congratulations. You stereotype all of mankind. Even yourself

These people listed here- although they have incredible talent, are not the best poets here. They are just the most popular, and or the best according to each individual.

Of course everyone has his or her perception of what is "good"
Instead of "who are the best poets on this site?"

maybe it should be, "who are your favorite poets on this site."

or "who are the most popular poets on this site."

just my opinion/
rock on!

^^agreed.

the term most popular poets shouldn't be used. some of them are clear but that question would rule out all the other poets that don't get much attention. If you had it the most popular poets on this site then some of the people on my list would have to be taken off because they aren’t popular, just one of my pleasurable reads. So that term would do the opposite of what you are asking for. You are saying that most of the best poets aren’t being mentioned, but they won’t be mentioned if you have it as most popular poet. But many of the poets on my list aren’t because they are the best, just they have inspired my poetry and I love their work.

“Yea it would be a little rude to fancy 20 names of the poets whom you think are the best and forgetting others just because you haven't read their work...” there are still poets that read not only their favorites list but also new coming poetry, or some of the recent poems, you saw Steven’s list he has well over 20 that he listed.

Still though your not going to be able to get a list of the best poets, or all the talented poets on one list because the site has so many people and there is always going to be someone new joining.

~Jacklyn