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

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