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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

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

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.
    LikeReply1 hour ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply3 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 36 days ago

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Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
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