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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

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

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