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Poetry.com Contest Summary

The final results for the upcoming May 2024 contest will be announced here, including the winners for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place along with all nominated poems.

Winners By popular vote

500

1st Place

To be announced...
300

2nd Place

To be announced...
200

3rd Place

To be announced...


Nominees By random order

In My Life
M.T
Guiding Wings
A.E
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
My Children
T.R.T
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
The Soldier
A.C
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Yellow Rose
H
George Floyd
C.T.P
Wishful thinking
R.C
never be
C.F
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Mr. Moon
J.E
Wreckless
S.B
Fragmented
P.K.M
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Losing My Son
K.E
Heart Beat
P.S
Today
B.L
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Forge Ahead
R.W
Dripping Red
D.C
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Suppose
K.M
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Near Death Experience (9/8 meter)
S.D
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Don't leave me Debt
R
The Dopeness
Q.S
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Mom
B.B
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
First Love
M.W
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Pink Earrings
B.L
Afraid of the dark
A.O
The rose
F.F
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
water & stones
P.M
He is good
L.M.S
To Honor Us
G.B
Auspice
E.S
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Loving Mothers
M.M
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Know That I Too
T
My Best Poem
B.P.P
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Just a girl
E.L
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Who Knew
L.H
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Introduction
M.R
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Untold Love
N.G
I'm ready to go
V.P
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Dream On
T.S
Trigger Warning
L
Agnosticism
S.W
The Poet
S.D
The Preacher
I.K
My Nan
D.R
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Depths of despair
T.A.N
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Found
K.E
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
My Final Bow
L.K.L
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
My Loneliness
G.B
Alive on This Earth
D.H
The Golden Galley
G.K
Verse City
D.P

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