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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

Love Encounters Fear
A.K
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
George Floyd
C.T.P
Losing My Son
K.E
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
water & stones
P.M
Know That I Too
T
The Poet
S.D
Found
K.E
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Heart Beat
P.S
The Dopeness
Q.S
Guiding Wings
A.E
My Loneliness
G.B
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Dripping Red
D.C
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Wreckless
S.B
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Fragmented
P.K.M
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Introduction
M.R
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Just a girl
E.L
Alexa Snooze
E.T
To Honor Us
G.B
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Divine Rising
A.E
Don't leave me Debt
R
Depths of despair
T.A.N
My Children
T.R.T
Agnosticism
S.W
Loving Mothers
M.M
The Golden Galley
G.K
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Afraid of the dark
A.O
First Love
M.W
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Today
B.L
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Dream On
T.S
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Trigger Warning
L
Auspice
E.S
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Mr. Moon
J.E
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Yellow Rose
H
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Empty
S.D
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Untold Love
N.G
Pink Earrings
B.L
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Wishful thinking
R.C
The Preacher
I.K
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
The rose
F.F
never be
C.F
Who Knew
L.H
Mom
B.B
Verse City
D.P
The Soldier
A.C
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
I'm ready to go
V.P
Raindrops
M.P
He is good
L.M.S
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Suppose
K.M
The Gentle Light
S.M
My Nan
D.R
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
In My Life
M.T
Forge Ahead
R.W
  

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