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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

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

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1 Comment
  • 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! 
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