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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

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

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 11 day ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 11 day 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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Opens: 1st of every calendar month.
Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 150 entries.
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Third Place Badge + 200
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