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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 Nan
D.R
The Preacher
I.K
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Loving Mothers
M.M
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
I'm ready to go
V.P
The Soldier
A.C
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Agnosticism
S.W
Verse City
D.P
Just a girl
E.L
In My Life
M.T
Forge Ahead
R.W
To Honor Us
G.B
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Know That I Too
T
The Poet
S.D
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Mr. Moon
J.E
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Yellow Rose
H
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Don't leave me Debt
R
never be
C.F
George Floyd
C.T.P
Wishful thinking
R.C
Losing My Son
K.E
Fragmented
P.K.M
Pink Earrings
B.L
Auspice
E.S
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Raindrops
M.P
Found
K.E
Wreckless
S.B
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
He is good
L.M.S
Heart Beat
P.S
The Dopeness
Q.S
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Suppose
K.M
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
The Gentle Light
S.M
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
Untold Love
N.G
Divine Rising
A.E
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Today
B.L
Alexa Snooze
E.T
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Dripping Red
D.C
The Golden Galley
G.K
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Afraid of the dark
A.O
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Mom
B.B
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Dream On
T.S
First Love
M.W
Guiding Wings
A.E
My Loneliness
G.B
Who Knew
L.H
water & stones
P.M
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
The rose
F.F
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Trigger Warning
L
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
My Children
T.R.T
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Empty
S.D
Introduction
M.R
Ballad of the dead mind poet
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