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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

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

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