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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

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

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