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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

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

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