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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

Dripping Red
D.C
Dream On
T.S
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Wishful thinking
R.C
Losing My Son
K.E
Untold Love
N.G
Forge Ahead
R.W
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Trigger Warning
L
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
The Dopeness
Q.S
The Gentle Light
S.M
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Fragmented
P.K.M
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
Found
K.E
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Passing Moments
D.R.S
water & stones
P.M
Just a girl
E.L
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Guiding Wings
A.E
Loving Mothers
M.M
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
The Golden Galley
G.K
Afraid of the dark
A.O
The rose
F.F
Introduction
M.R
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Heart Beat
P.S
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Mom
B.B
Wreckless
S.B
never be
C.F
The Poet
S.D
Suppose
K.M
Know That I Too
T
Pink Earrings
B.L
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
In My Life
M.T
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
George Floyd
C.T.P
Yellow Rose
H
Who Knew
L.H
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Don't leave me Debt
R
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Verse City
D.P
To Honor Us
G.B
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
First Love
M.W
Shame is a word
T.M.B
My Loneliness
G.B
I'm ready to go
V.P
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Raindrops
M.P
He is good
L.M.S
My Nan
D.R
My Children
T.R.T
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
The Preacher
I.K
Divine Rising
A.E
Empty
S.D
Today
B.L
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Agnosticism
S.W
Mr. Moon
J.E
Auspice
E.S
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
The Soldier
A.C
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
  

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