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

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