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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

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

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