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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

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

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