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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

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

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