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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

My Loneliness
G.B
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
He is good
L.M.S
Heart Beat
P.S
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Know That I Too
T
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Mr. Moon
J.E
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
George Floyd
C.T.P
Wreckless
S.B
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Suppose
K.M
Alexa Snooze
E.T
My Children
T.R.T
The Golden Galley
G.K
Wishful thinking
R.C
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Yellow Rose
H
The Dopeness
Q.S
First Love
M.W
never be
C.F
Who Knew
L.H
In My Life
M.T
The Soldier
A.C
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Untold Love
N.G
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Introduction
M.R
Verse City
D.P
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Near Death Experience (9/8 meter)
S.D
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Pink Earrings
B.L
Losing My Son
K.E
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
The rose
F.F
Found
K.E
Don't leave me Debt
R
Fragmented
P.K.M
Auspice
E.S
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Dream On
T.S
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Agnosticism
S.W
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Guiding Wings
A.E
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Trigger Warning
L
The Poet
S.D
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Loving Mothers
M.M
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Dripping Red
D.C
My Nan
D.R
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Mom
B.B
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
The Preacher
I.K
Forge Ahead
R.W
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
To Honor Us
G.B
I'm ready to go
V.P
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
water & stones
P.M
  

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