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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

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

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