I have been blown away and completely honored by the number of followers who spend their valuable time reading my posts, sending me wonderful comments, and participating in the poetry conversation. Thanks to all of you for being part of my year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for my blog. Totals have changed just slightly since the report was compiled a few days ago. As of this morning:

• 2,721 followers
• 127,276 views
• 71,460 visitors
• 422 comments
• 509 posts
• Greatest number of views in one day: 1,456

Here’s an excerpt:

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 120,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 5 days for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.