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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

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

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