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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

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

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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Results: Within 7 days of closing.
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