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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

The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
The Gentle Light
S.M
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Losing My Son
K.E
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Divine Rising
A.E
Yellow Rose
H
Empty
S.D
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Untold Love
N.G
Know That I Too
T
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
The Preacher
I.K
My Loneliness
G.B
Heart Beat
P.S
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Pink Earrings
B.L
Auspice
E.S
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
never be
C.F
My Nan
D.R
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
I'm ready to go
V.P
Fragmented
P.K.M
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Forge Ahead
R.W
Found
K.E
Mr. Moon
J.E
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
The Poet
S.D
The rose
F.F
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
To Honor Us
G.B
Guiding Wings
A.E
Today
B.L
Passing Moments
D.R.S
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Suppose
K.M
Introduction
M.R
Verse City
D.P
Agnosticism
S.W
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Don't leave me Debt
R
Alexa Snooze
E.T
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Who Knew
L.H
water & stones
P.M
He is good
L.M.S
Trigger Warning
L
George Floyd
C.T.P
My Children
T.R.T
Wreckless
S.B
The Dopeness
Q.S
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
The Golden Galley
G.K
Dream On
T.S
Mom
B.B
The Soldier
A.C
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
In My Life
M.T
Loving Mothers
M.M
Just a girl
E.L
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Wishful thinking
R.C
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
First Love
M.W
Dripping Red
D.C
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
  

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