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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

Muffled Cries
E.A.O.M
The Essence Of Love
T.L.P
March 11, 2019
J.R
Guiding Wings
A.E
Death
L.R
Know That I Too
T
I suck at poems
F
Passing Moments
D.R.S
A Love Story or The End of the World
A.E
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
Alexa Snooze
E.T
The Poet
S.D
Raindrops
M.P
Illumination All May Seek
J.W.G
Wishful thinking
R.C
Trigger Warning
L
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Competition
T.S
Oh would that I....
J.P
A Silent Litany
S.E
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Hazel
A.L.M.C.A
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Lost My Way
L.M.W
DIAMONDS
D.E.M
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Mom
B.B
Verse City
D.P
Today
B.L
Buddhist Tendencies
J.S
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
A Father’s Day Poem
J.W.M
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Introduction
M.R
Healing
R
Into Me You See..Intimacy
C
Forge Ahead
R.W
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Just Another Day
T.J
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Alliterate
J.A.L
My Loneliness
G.B
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
To Honor Us
G.B
One world
H.H
Full Moon Afterglow
T.M
Dream On
T.S
Seems Like Only Yesterday
C.R
Heart Beat
P.S
Mr. Moon
J.E
Just a girl
E.L
In My Life
M.T
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
From The Window
A.C.V
The Preacher
I.K
water & stones
P.M
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
No Words
S.E
Divine Rising
A.E
Pink Earrings
B.L
The Games People Play
S.E
First Love
M.W
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Dripping Red
D.C
George Floyd
C.T.P
Birth Mother
S.L.R
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Just one
A.J
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Cat and Dog
J.M.H
The Dopeness
Q.S
Know Thy Worth
K.F.(.F
Careless Whisper
D.Y
Yellow Rose
H
Daisy
G.O
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
The rose
F.F
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
"Who He Miss"
M.L
Seasons Speaking
G.C
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Wreckless
S.B
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
The body
E.N
Who Knew
L.H
Loving Mothers
M.M
The Soldier
A.C
I'm ready to go
V.P
The Challenge
T.S
Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
S.M.B
Sons of Insobriety
S.D
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Gaza, From Far Away
C.A.E
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Play
B.K
Auspice
E.S
Found
K.E
Black Ice
S.A
Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK]
P.D
The Golden Galley
G.K
Tomorrow
M.A.K
The Gentle Light
S.M
My Children
T.R.T
Don't leave me Debt
R
Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of
J.P
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Losing My Son
K.E
He is good
L.M.S
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Fragmented
P.K.M
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud
T.J
Suppose
K.M
never be
C.F
Agnosticism
S.W
Untold Love
N.G
My Nan
D.R
  

Share your thoughts about the May 2024 Contest with the community:

3 Comments
  • jn.selvadurai
    All the best to this month’s contestants. Enjoy the poetic experience.
    LikeReply 11 day ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 11 day ago
  • rinat
    A warm welcome to all the nominees of our May 2024 contest! Whether you're a seasoned member or a fresh face joining our poetic community, we're thrilled to have you here. Happy writing, and best of luck to each and every one of you! 
    LikeReply 37 days ago

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Results: Within 7 days of closing.
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