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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

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

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