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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

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

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 17 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 19 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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Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 150 entries.
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