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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

Loving Mothers
M.M
Divine Rising
A.E
Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of
J.P
In My Life
M.T
I'm ready to go
V.P
Sons of Insobriety - Our True Story
S.D
never be
C.F
Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK]
P.D
Lost My Way
L.M.W
My Best Poem
B.P.P
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
The rose
F.F
Hazel
A.L.M.C.A
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
The Dopeness
Q.S
Trigger Warning
L
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Play
B.K
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
A Love Story or The End of the World
A.E
Gaza, From Far Away
C.A.E
Dream On
T.S
Daisy
G.O
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Full Moon Afterglow
T.M
Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
S.M.B
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Cat and Dog
J.M.H
Depths of despair
T.A.N
The Soldier
A.C
Guiding Wings
A.E
Alliterate
J.A.L
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Losing My Son
K.E
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Forge Ahead
R.W
Into Me You See..Intimacy
C
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
March 11, 2019
J.R
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
Alexa Snooze
E.T
From The Window
A.C.V
Raindrops
M.P
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Untold Love
N.G
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Just Another Day
T.J
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud
T.J
Careless Whisper
D.Y
George Floyd
C.T.P
Yellow Rose
H
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Muffled Cries
E.A.O.M
Mr. Moon
J.E
Seems Like Only Yesterday
C.R
My Children
T.R.T
The Gentle Light
S.M
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Auspice
E.S
DIAMONDS
D.E.M
My Nan
D.R
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Tomorrow
M.A.K
The Poet
S.D
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Just one
A.J
Competition
T.S
The Preacher
I.K
Innocent Suffer
M.F
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Buddhist Tendencies
J.S
Mom
B.B
The Golden Galley
G.K
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Fragmented
P.K.M
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
The Challenge
T.S
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Healing
R
The Essence Of Love
T.L.P
Know That I Too
T
Today
B.L
Dripping Red
D.C
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Illumination All May Seek
J.W.G
Heart Beat
P.S
Pink Earrings
B.L
First Love
M.W
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Introduction
M.R
One world
H.H
Verse City
D.P
I suck at poems
F
Don't leave me Debt
R
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Oh would that I....
J.P
Found
K.E
"Who He Miss"
M.L
Wishful thinking
R.C
Black Ice
S.A
My Loneliness
G.B
Who Knew
L.H
Agnosticism
S.W
Know Thy Worth
K.F.(.F
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Just a girl
E.L
A Father’s Day Poem
J.W.M
To Honor Us
G.B
He is good
L.M.S
Wreckless
S.B
Suppose
K.M
Death
L.R
water & stones
P.M
  

Share your thoughts about the May 2024 Contest with the community:

3 Comments
  • jn.selvadurai
    All the best to this month’s contestants. Enjoy the poetic experience.
    LikeReply 113 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 115 hours ago
  • rinat
    A warm welcome to all the nominees of our May 2024 contest! Whether you're a seasoned member or a fresh face joining our poetic community, we're thrilled to have you here. Happy writing, and best of luck to each and every one of you! 
    LikeReply 37 days ago

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Opens: 1st of every calendar month.
Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 150 entries.
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Second Place Badge + 300
Third Place Badge + 200
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