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