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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

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

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