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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

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

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