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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
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything L.A.P | Agnosticism S.W | Seasons Speaking G.C |
Yellow Rose H | The Kids Have Questions F.G | Innocent Suffer M.F |
The whispering of the leaves. A.J.C | Ode to Parthenon F.F | Seems Like Only Yesterday C.R |
Raindrops M.P | Black Ice S.A | Wishful thinking R.C |
A Talk With My Father Above L.H | Wreckless S.B | Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age S.M.B |
Verse City D.P | Shades Of Becoming A.E | Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter) C.W |
My Best Poem B.P.P | Good Morning Sunshine L.H | Mr. Moon J.E |
Illumination All May Seek J.W.G | March 11, 2019 J.R | Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness A.N |
Ballad of the dead mind poet B | Freedom M.D | Death L.R |
He is good L.M.S | Spread All the Love You’re Capable Of J.P | The Poet S.D |
water & stones P.M | Lost My Way L.M.W | Crying Child by Prithvi Datta [from the UK] P.D |
My Children T.R.T | When I leave The Darkness R.R | Suppose K.M |
PANDORA'S BOX L.A.L | The lonely man of 65. A.J.C | Tomorrow M.A.K |
Lost Coyote's Den J.W.G | Competition T.S | Guadalupe F.X.H.I |
Waiting For The Statues To Move W | Tikkun Olam (Repair the World) A.C | Conversations With Luna A.L.L |
Auspice E.S | The Essence Of Love T.L.P | Birth Mother S.L.R |
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal S.M.B | Spanish Bluebells K.H | Time Machine J.A.L |
Temptations of thought F.X.H.I | Today B.L | Alexa Snooze E.T |
The Dopeness Q.S | Stand Against the Wind P.E.W | Burying Bones G.Z |
Death L.R | Crash and Burnout S.M | Gaza, From Far Away C.A.E |
Introduction M.R | Who Knew L.H | I suck at poems F |
Careless Whisper D.Y | The Games People Play S.E | Guiding Wings A.E |
Know Thy Worth K.F.(.F | Just a girl E.L | Hazel A.L.M.C.A |
Depths of despair T.A.N | Losing My Son K.E | "Who He Miss" M.L |
Blind Hope E.E | In My Life M.T | No Words S.E |
The Preacher I.K | The rose F.F | Happiness S.E |
A Silent Litany S.E | At Home With My Eyes Closed H.M | Just Another Day T.J |
Lapis l’azzuri B.R | Buddhist Tendencies J.S | The Challenge T.S |
Muffled Cries E.A.O.M | Passing Moments D.R.S | Already Gone K.K |
My Loneliness G.B | My Final Bow L.K.L | Don't leave me Debt R |
One world H.H | Begs of Forgiveness K.F | Forge Ahead R.W |
Dripping Red D.C | To Honor Us G.B | Trigger Warning L |
DIAMONDS D.E.M | Oh would that I.... J.P | Pink Earrings B.L |
As He walks through Sea Pines B.C | Know That I Too T | The Golden Galley G.K |
The Gentle Light S.M | Drunk Thoughts S.P | Just one A.J |
The Soldier A.C | Sons of Insobriety S.D | I'm ready to go V.P |
Mom B.B | A Quick Game J.R | Divine Rising A.E |
A Love Story or The End of the World A.E | My Love by Joseph Boayue (Joseph.boayue@potomac.edu) J.B | From The Window A.C.V |
Love Encounters Fear A.K | Into Me You See..Intimacy C | The Poet and the Painter C.M |
Healing R | Why I love Billie E.E | George Floyd C.T.P |
My Nan D.R | never be C.F | The body E.N |
Loving Mothers M.M | Cat and Dog J.M.H | Daisy G.O |
Heart Beat P.S | Shame is a word T.M.B | Deep Relationships -by Dorothy Rose Forgione D.R.F |
Afraid of the dark A.O | Proud Supporter C.R.B.L | Dream On T.S |
A Father’s Day Poem J.W.M | Found K.E | Play B.K |
Fragmented P.K.M | The Fundamental Pride Flag J.H | The Ultimate Religion? N.S |
In the Quiet I Sit, but it's So Loud T.J | Untold Love N.G | First Love M.W |
Alive on This Earth D.H |
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