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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

Afraid of the dark
A.O
Agnosticism
S.W
Passing Moments
D.R.S
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Who Knew
L.H
Title
S.D
Know That I Too
T.F.B
Nothing
S.D
Mom
B.B
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Untold Love
N.G
Trigger Warning
L
George Floyd
C.T.P
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
My Nan
D.R
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
My Loneliness
G.B
Innocent Suffer
M.F
The Soldier
A.C
The Preacher
I.K
Forge Ahead
R.W
The Golden Galley
G.K
Fragmented
P.K.M
Don't leave me Debt
R
Introduction
M.R
Loving Mothers
M.M
Guiding Wings
A.E
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
He is good
L.M.S
Dream On
T.S
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Auspice
E.S
Mr. Moon
J.E
In My Life
M.T
Yellow Rose
H
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
never be
C.F
To Honor Us
G.B
Shame is a word
T.M.B
water & stones
P.M
I'm ready to go
V.P
Alexa Snooze
E.T
My Final Bow
L.K.L
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
My Children
T.R.T
Dripping Red
D.C
Verse City
D.P
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Wreckless
S.B
Wishful thinking
R.C
Heart Beat
P.S
The rose
F.F
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
Pink Earrings
B.L

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