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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

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

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