As has been an annual practice near the end of the year, this appears to be a good time to pause and look back at issues, literary topics, news articles, poets, poems, and commentary included during 2009 among the posts at “One Poet’s Notes” that proved most popular with readers. Once more, I have been pleased to notice readers’ interest in a wide array of entries, measured by the site meter statistics of viewers’ entry pages and frequently visited items, as well as the most popular subjects sought by those entering the blog through web search engines.
Amazingly, statistics indicate that during the last twelve months there have been about 150,000 visits to the posts at “One Poet’s Notes,” while approximately another 150.000 visited the various pages in the twenty-one issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Indeed, the current ten-year anniversary issue (Fall/Winter 2009-2010: Volume XI, Number 1)) of VPR has proved to be the most popular in the journal’s history.
Therefore, as a re-introduction and an invitation to new readers who would like to browse through those most visited pages of the past year at “One Poet’s Notes,” I submit the following “top ten list” of titles viewed (determined solely according to frequency figures) by users of “One Poet’s Notes” beyond the usual entry points of the blog’s main page or the most recently posted item.
I am pleased to report that a post announcing the publication of Valparaiso Poetry Review’s tenth-anniversary issue in October also received enough visits to qualify as a top-ten candidate.
Readers are invited to return to the lists of most popular posts for 2007 and most popular posts for 2008. In addition to visiting these popular pages, I urge all to browse through the archives of “One Poet’s Notes” and Valparaiso Poetry Review to discover other items or creative works they might find interesting and deserving of renewed attention. Once again, I thank readers of Valparaiso Poetry Review and “One Poet’s Notes” for their continuing support and encouragement.
Amazingly, statistics indicate that during the last twelve months there have been about 150,000 visits to the posts at “One Poet’s Notes,” while approximately another 150.000 visited the various pages in the twenty-one issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Indeed, the current ten-year anniversary issue (Fall/Winter 2009-2010: Volume XI, Number 1)) of VPR has proved to be the most popular in the journal’s history.
Therefore, as a re-introduction and an invitation to new readers who would like to browse through those most visited pages of the past year at “One Poet’s Notes,” I submit the following “top ten list” of titles viewed (determined solely according to frequency figures) by users of “One Poet’s Notes” beyond the usual entry points of the blog’s main page or the most recently posted item.
1. Inaugural Poem by Elizabeth Alexander
2. Elizabeth Alexander Comments on Her Inaugural Poem
3. John Ashbery, Pierre Martory, and Jackson Pollock
4. James Dickey’s Last Lecture: What It Means to Be a Poet
5. Rating Great Poets and Considering Contemporary Concerns
6. Sylvia Plath and Nicholas Hughes: Mother and Son
7. John Updike and John Cheever
8. John Ashbery Presentation at NBCC Ceremony
9. Craig Arnold, “Scrubbing Mussels,” and David Wojahn
10. W.S. Merwin Wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
I am pleased to report that a post announcing the publication of Valparaiso Poetry Review’s tenth-anniversary issue in October also received enough visits to qualify as a top-ten candidate.
Readers are invited to return to the lists of most popular posts for 2007 and most popular posts for 2008. In addition to visiting these popular pages, I urge all to browse through the archives of “One Poet’s Notes” and Valparaiso Poetry Review to discover other items or creative works they might find interesting and deserving of renewed attention. Once again, I thank readers of Valparaiso Poetry Review and “One Poet’s Notes” for their continuing support and encouragement.
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