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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

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

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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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