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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

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

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