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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

The Poet
S.D
Today
B.L
Hazel
A.L.M.C.A
George Floyd
C.T.P
Auspice
E.S
Full Moon Afterglow
T.M
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Just Another Day
T.J
Fragmented
P.K.M
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Black Ice
S.A
Passing Moments
D.R.S
First Love
M.W
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
Dripping Red
D.C
My Final Bow
L.K.L
To Honor Us
G.B
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Play
B.K
The Dopeness
Q.S
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Alive on This Earth
D.H
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Loving Mothers
M.M
I'm ready to go
V.P
One world
H.H
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Cat and Dog
J.M.H
Losing My Son
K.E
The Gentle Light
S.M
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
The Challenge
T.S
Daisy
G.O
Untold Love
N.G
The Golden Galley
G.K
My Nan
D.R
A Love Story or The End of the World
A.E
Into Me You See..Intimacy
C
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Gaza, From Far Away
C.A.E
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
My Loneliness
G.B
Verse City
D.P
Mom
B.B
In My Life
M.T
DIAMONDS
D.E.M
The Essence Of Love
T.L.P
March 11, 2019
J.R
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Raindrops
M.P
water & stones
P.M
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Found
K.E
Pink Earrings
B.L
A Father’s Day Poem
J.W.M
Yellow Rose
H
Guiding Wings
A.E
The rose
F.F
Divine Rising
A.E
He is good
L.M.S
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
"Who He Miss"
M.L
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Buddhist Tendencies
J.S
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Introduction
M.R
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Muffled Cries
E.A.O.M
Sons of Insobriety - Our True Story
S.D
Just one
A.J
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Careless Whisper
D.Y
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Heart Beat
P.S
Competition
T.S
Suppose
K.M
From The Window
A.C.V
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Don't leave me Debt
R
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Alliterate
J.A.L
Know Thy Worth
K.F.(.F
Just a girl
E.L
Agnosticism
S.W
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Who Knew
L.H
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Mr. Moon
J.E
My Children
T.R.T
never be
C.F
I suck at poems
F
Know That I Too
T
Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
S.M.B
Dream On
T.S
Wreckless
S.B
Death
L.R
Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK]
P.D
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Wishful thinking
R.C
Seems Like Only Yesterday
C.R
The Soldier
A.C
The Preacher
I.K
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Healing
R
Forge Ahead
R.W
Oh would that I....
J.P
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud
T.J
Illumination All May Seek
J.W.G
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of
J.P
Trigger Warning
L

Share your thoughts about the May 2024 Contest with the community:

3 Comments
  • jn.selvadurai
    All the best to this month’s contestants. Enjoy the poetic experience.
    LikeReply 18 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 110 hours ago
  • rinat
    A warm welcome to all the nominees of our May 2024 contest! Whether you're a seasoned member or a fresh face joining our poetic community, we're thrilled to have you here. Happy writing, and best of luck to each and every one of you! 
    LikeReply 37 days ago

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Opens: 1st of every calendar month.
Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 150 entries.
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