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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

PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
A Father’s Day Poem
J.W.M
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud
T.J
Careless Whisper
D.Y
The Soldier
A.C
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Shame is a word
T.M.B
My Best Poem
B.P.P
The Golden Galley
G.K
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
never be
C.F
Seems Like Only Yesterday
C.R
Into Me You See..Intimacy
C
My Nan
D.R
Dream On
T.S
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Who Knew
L.H
I'm ready to go
V.P
Illumination All May Seek
J.W.G
Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of
J.P
water & stones
P.M
March 11, 2019
J.R
Death
L.R
Alexa Snooze
E.T
George Floyd
C.T.P
Gaza, From Far Away
C.A.E
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Heart Beat
P.S
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Alive on This Earth
D.H
I suck at poems
F
My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu)
J.B
Full Moon Afterglow
T.M
The rose
F.F
Hazel
A.L.M.C.A
Wishful thinking
R.C
Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
S.M.B
The Challenge
T.S
Divine Rising
A.E
The Poet
S.D
Just Another Day
T.J
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
To Honor Us
G.B
A Love Story or The End of the World
A.E
Untold Love
N.G
Competition
T.S
Guiding Wings
A.E
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK]
P.D
My Children
T.R.T
Verse City
D.P
Forge Ahead
R.W
Wreckless
S.B
Seasons Speaking
G.C
Mr. Moon
J.E
Buddhist Tendencies
J.S
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Fragmented
P.K.M
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Just a girl
E.L
Introduction
M.R
Don't leave me Debt
R
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
The Preacher
I.K
Found
K.E
Agnosticism
S.W
Know That I Too
T
In My Life
M.T
Trigger Warning
L
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Cat and Dog
J.M.H
From The Window
A.C.V
One world
H.H
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Today
B.L
Play
B.K
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Raindrops
M.P
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Know Thy Worth
K.F.(.F
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Good Morning Sunshine
L.H
Daisy
G.O
The lonely man of 65.
A.J.C
Pink Earrings
B.L
Dripping Red
D.C
The Dopeness
Q.S
Lost My Way
L.M.W
First Love
M.W
Black Ice
S.A
The Gentle Light
S.M
Auspice
E.S
Healing
R
Tomorrow
M.A.K
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Muffled Cries
E.A.O.M
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Oh would that I....
J.P
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Loving Mothers
M.M
Alliterate
J.A.L
Yellow Rose
H
The Essence Of Love
T.L.P
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
"Who He Miss"
M.L
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Mom
B.B
Just one
A.J
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
DIAMONDS
D.E.M
Losing My Son
K.E
Suppose
K.M
He is good
L.M.S
Sons of Insobriety - Our True Story
S.D
My Loneliness
G.B
 

Share your thoughts about the May 2024 Contest with the community:

3 Comments
  • jn.selvadurai
    All the best to this month’s contestants. Enjoy the poetic experience.
    LikeReply 115 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 117 hours ago
  • rinat
    A warm welcome to all the nominees of our May 2024 contest! Whether you're a seasoned member or a fresh face joining our poetic community, we're thrilled to have you here. Happy writing, and best of luck to each and every one of you! 
    LikeReply 37 days ago

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Results: Within 7 days of closing.
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