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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

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

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 120 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 122 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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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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