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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

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

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 121 hours ago
  • Lacey,J
    good luck to all
    LikeReply 123 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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Second Place Badge + 300
Third Place Badge + 200
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