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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

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

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