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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

Don't leave me Debt
R
Wreckless
S.B
The Fundamental Pride Flag
J.H
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Dripping Red
D.C
My Best Poem
B.P.P
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
The Dopeness
Q.S
Depths of despair
T.A.N
In My Life
M.T
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Mom
B.B
Today
B.L
Loving Mothers
M.M
I'm ready to go
V.P
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
The rose
F.F
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Divine Rising
A.E
Just a girl
E.L
Yellow Rose
H
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Wishful thinking
R.C
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
Suppose
K.M
He is good
L.M.S
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Passing Moments
D.R.S
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Guiding Wings
A.E
Pink Earrings
B.L
Mr. Moon
J.E
Alexa Snooze
E.T
Fragmented
P.K.M
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
The Preacher
I.K
Untold Love
N.G
Found
K.E
My Final Bow
L.K.L
My Children
T.R.T
Verse City
D.P
Agnosticism
S.W
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
Heart Beat
P.S
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Trigger Warning
L
never be
C.F
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
Know That I Too
T
water & stones
P.M
Introduction
M.R
The Gentle Light
S.M
Who Knew
L.H
Innocent Suffer
M.F
The Golden Galley
G.K
The Poet
S.D
George Floyd
C.T.P
My Nan
D.R
Tomorrow
M.A.K
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Losing My Son
K.E
Empty
S.D
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
The Soldier
A.C
My Loneliness
G.B
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Dream On
T.S
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Auspice
E.S
Forge Ahead
R.W
To Honor Us
G.B
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
First Love
M.W
Shame is a word
T.M.B

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