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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

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

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  • 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! 
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