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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

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

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