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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

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