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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

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

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