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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

never be
C.F
Heart Beat
P.S
Don't leave me Debt
R
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Found
K.E
Trigger Warning
L
The rose
F.F
Verse City
D.P
water & stones
P.M
Fragmented
P.K.M
Untold Love
N.G
Nothing
S.D
Loving Mothers
M.M
In My Life
M.T
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Pink Earrings
B.L
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Know That I Too
T.F.B
Who Knew
L.H
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Forge Ahead
R.W
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
My Children
T.R.T
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
My Loneliness
G.B
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Wreckless
S.B
Mom
B.B
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Dripping Red
D.C
The Soldier
A.C
Guiding Wings
A.E
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
George Floyd
C.T.P
Dream On
T.S
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
The Golden Galley
G.K
Title
S.D
To Honor Us
G.B
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
My Nan
D.R
The Preacher
I.K
He is good
L.M.S
Wishful thinking
R.C
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Losing My Son
K.E
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Yellow Rose
H
Introduction
M.R
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
I'm ready to go
V.P
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Mr. Moon
J.E
Auspice
E.S
Agnosticism
S.W
Tomorrow
M.A.K
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
First Love
M.W
 

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