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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

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

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 17 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 19 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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Third Place Badge + 200
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