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

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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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