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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

Already Gone
K.K
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
Lost My Way
L.M.W
Depths of despair
T.A.N
The Games People Play
S.E
Know That I Too
T
Gaza, From Far Away
C.A.E
The Soldier
A.C
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
water & stones
P.M
DIAMONDS
D.E.M
First Love
M.W
Sons of Insobriety
S.D
The Preacher
I.K
Healing
R
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Black Ice
S.A
A Love Story or The End of the World
A.E
Know Thy Worth
K.F.(.F
Muffled Cries
E.A.O.M
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Who Knew
L.H
Oh would that I....
J.P
Careless Whisper
D.Y
A Quick Game
J.R
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Seasons Speaking
G.C
Suppose
K.M
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Just a girl
E.L
Drunk Thoughts
S.P
Seems Like Only Yesterday
C.R
The rose
F.F
I'm ready to go
V.P
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Raindrops
M.P
Competition
T.S
Fragmented
P.K.M
George Floyd
C.T.P
Agnosticism
S.W
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Just Another Day
T.J
Just one
A.J
Freedom
M.D
never be
C.F
Guiding Wings
A.E
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Cat and Dog
J.M.H
The Gentle Light
S.M
The Dopeness
Q.S
Into Me You See..Intimacy
C
Found
K.E
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
A Father’s Day Poem
J.W.M
My Nan
D.R
The body
E.N
Pink Earrings
B.L
Wishful thinking
R.C
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Verse City
D.P
Burying Bones
G.Z
Don't leave me Debt
R
Birth Mother
S.L.R
A Talk With My Father Above
L.H
Untold Love
N.G
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Play
B.K
Daisy
G.O
Introduction
M.R
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Deep Relationships -by Dorothy Rose Forgione
D.R.F
Full Moon Afterglow
T.M
Divine Rising
A.E
To Honor Us
G.B
Blind Hope
E.E
The Essence Of Love
T.L.P
From The Window
A.C.V
My Best Poem
B.P.P
A Silent Litany
S.E
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Death
L.R
Alexa Snooze
E.T
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud
T.J
Guadalupe
F.X.H.I
"Who He Miss"
M.L
Time Machine
J.A.L
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
The Challenge
T.S
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Crash and Burnout
S.M
Why I love Billie
E.E
Trigger Warning
L
Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK]
P.D
Loving Mothers
M.M
In My Life
M.T
One world
H.H
Yellow Rose
H
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
My Children
T.R.T
Happiness
S.E
Tomorrow
M.A.K
The Poet
S.D
Dream On
T.S
Wreckless
S.B
Heart Beat
P.S
Dripping Red
D.C
Buddhist Tendencies
J.S
I suck at poems
F
The Golden Galley
G.K
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of
J.P
Forge Ahead
R.W
March 11, 2019
J.R
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
He is good
L.M.S
No Words
S.E
Mom
B.B
The Kids Have Questions
F.G
My Loneliness
G.B
Auspice
E.S
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Illumination All May Seek
J.W.G
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Hazel
A.L.M.C.A
Losing My Son
K.E
Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
S.M.B
Death
L.R
Temptations of thought
F.X.H.I
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Today
B.L
Mr. Moon
J.E
  

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.
    LikeReply 12 days ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 12 days 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 39 days ago

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Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
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