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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

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

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