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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

I'm ready to go
V.P
Wishful thinking
R.C
My Loneliness
G.B
Losing My Son
K.E
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Agnosticism
S.W
Mom
B.B
The Soldier
A.C
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Forge Ahead
R.W
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Dream On
T.S
My Children
T.R.T
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Who Knew
L.H
Pink Earrings
B.L
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Auspice
E.S
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
George Floyd
C.T.P
never be
C.F
Mr. Moon
J.E
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Verse City
D.P
Guiding Wings
A.E
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
My Nan
D.R
The rose
F.F
Heart Beat
P.S
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Untold Love
N.G
In My Life
M.T
Don't leave me Debt
R
He is good
L.M.S
The Golden Galley
G.K
My Best Poem
B.P.P
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Lonely and Insecure
S.D
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Suppose
K.M
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
The Dopeness
Q.S
Found
K.E
Loving Mothers
M.M
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Know That I Too
T
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Yellow Rose
H
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Introduction
M.R
First Love
M.W
Afraid of the dark
A.O
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Near Death Experience (9/8 meter)
S.D
The Preacher
I.K
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Trigger Warning
L
To Honor Us
G.B
Dripping Red
D.C
water & stones
P.M
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Fragmented
P.K.M
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Wreckless
S.B
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Passing Moments
D.R.S
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C

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