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