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