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Since I switched the American Poems site over to a database format (not really visible to you as a user), I am able to do a lot of cool things. One is to list the forty most read poems on the site. So on this page you can see how many times the most popular poems have been read since February 28, 2004.
| Poem | Poet | Views | | 1 | i carry your heart with me | e.e. cummings | 975,816 |
| 2 | Messy Room | Shel Silverstein | 457,598 |
| 3 | The Road Not Taken | Robert Frost | 349,362 |
| 4 | I know why the caged bird sings | Maya Angelou | 338,075 |
| 5 | Still I Rise | Maya Angelou | 301,509 |
| 6 | A Dream Within A Dream | Edgar Allan Poe | 278,108 |
| 7 | Let America Be America Again | Langston Hughes | 275,139 |
| 8 | Mother to Son | Langston Hughes | 265,597 |
| 9 | There is another sky | Emily Dickinson | 250,879 |
| 10 | I, Too, Sing America | Langston Hughes | 221,243 |
| 11 | Phenomenal Woman | Maya Angelou | 211,619 |
| 12 | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Robert Frost | 205,813 |
| 13 | To You. | Walt Whitman | 203,828 |
| 14 | somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond | e.e. cummings | 191,908 |
| 15 | Dream Deferred | Langston Hughes | 182,674 |
| 16 | anyone lived in a pretty how town | e.e. cummings | 182,576 |
| 17 | A Girl | Ezra Pound | 173,750 |
| 18 | in Just- | e.e. cummings | 172,692 |
| 19 | Metaphors | Sylvia Plath | 171,841 |
| 20 | Life Is Fine | Langston Hughes | 170,195 |
| 21 | Touched by An Angel | Maya Angelou | 162,623 |
| 22 | Lady Lazarus | Sylvia Plath | 160,828 |
| 23 | A Life | Sylvia Plath | 158,092 |
| 24 | Happiness | Raymond Carver | 152,899 |
| 25 | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 147,289 |
| 26 | Mad Girl's Love Song | Sylvia Plath | 140,924 |
| 27 | a pretty a day | e.e. cummings | 138,683 |
| 28 | Waiting | Robert Frost | 138,514 |
| 29 | i like my body when it is with your | e.e. cummings | 136,238 |
| 30 | Bear In There | Shel Silverstein | 131,791 |
| 31 | Fast rode the knight | Stephen Crane | 128,371 |
| 32 | Snow | e.e. cummings | 128,116 |
| 33 | Still Here | Langston Hughes | 126,764 |
| 34 | Quiet Girl | Langston Hughes | 123,250 |
| 35 | This Is Just To Say | William Carlos Williams | 122,478 |
| 36 | Pioneers! O Pioneers! | Walt Whitman | 119,602 |
| 37 | Seeker Of Truth | e.e. cummings | 116,988 |
| 38 | Picture Puzzle Piece | Shel Silverstein | 116,140 |
| 39 | If those I loved were lost | Emily Dickinson | 113,080 |
| 40 | i thank you God for most this amazing | e.e. cummings | 110,673 |
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