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Poetry.com Contest Summary & Results

Congratulations to the winners of the Poetry.com September 2022 monthly contest. There were 126 poems submitted to the contest — thank you to everyone who entered and participated!

Winners By popular vote



Runners-up



Nominees By random order

  

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24 Comments
  • IndigoHeart
    How exciting to return from vacation and see I am a runner up in September's contest. What a great experience and I look forward to participating again and reading everyone's fine submissions. Congrats and good luck to all! 
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • lovingempath
    Wow! Thank you very much for the honor of third place in this contest. There were so many great poems submitted, that my only guess is that 'Foggy' snagged someones sleeve and made them vote for me :). Bless you all. 
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Shellybelly387
    Good luck to everyone
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • IndigoHeart
    Amazing to see all the entries and a treat to be able to read them all. Good luck everyone and keep writing!
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Neomrv
    I think that camaraderie is very important, especialy during a contest so!
    Hello, I'm Radu and I am glad to be a part of this comunitty.
    Best of luck and limitless inspiration to all of us poets.
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • tanujat2003
    I am so glad to be a part of this vibrant community of poets. Looking forward to reading lots!
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • writingtobreathebp
    The writing community is an amazing one to be part of. Can’t wait to read all of your wonderful poems.
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • macascasjossa
    I've joined this competition for financial purpose. I badly need money for daily needs, no job at all but have a big dream to become famous poet. I work it hard, hopefully I'll meet my purpose.
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • lovingempath
      If your poem is among the top three finalists, then you will win money. Good luck now, and in the future.
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • macascasjossa
      my application for free entry is not accepted by the poetry theme. Better luck me nextime
      LikeReply1 year ago
  • tanujat2003
    Hello everyone! My first submission. Would be exhilarating reading all the writings.
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • amansharma3617
    I’m not able to register though I have tried a lot.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Redlid
    Iam so excited.
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • mozimoamas
    Nice to feel the camaderie here. Best if luck to all of us
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • tanujat2003
    I have submitted my poem yesterday but I don't see it here.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • FLi
    Just a new member here and I can't wait to read all of your works.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Shellybelly387
    Good luck to each of you. Keep the therapy of writing up.
    LikeReply 41 year ago
    • LinYoest
      Good luck to you as well.
      LikeReply 11 year ago
  • snowpagg01
    This is a new experience for me. I write poetry almost everyday and this is my first submission to a contest. Be gentle folks... be gentle.
    LikeReply 51 year ago
  • Symmetry58
    It's okay if I don't win because I did eat half a cracker, Ritz, 7 weeks ago. I can't work due to my condition, laziness, so money is a bit tight right now. *cough* But hey, don't vote for me out of sympathy. I'm sure me and my cardboard cutout of Ernest Borgnine kicking a kitten will be fine living in our 28 inch Panasonic color TV box in the scathing heat 8 inches from Death Valley. *cough again* Fine, I say. :-P 
    LikeReply 21 year ago
    • acronimous
      :-)
      LikeReply 11 year ago
    • lovingempath
      I finished my last Ritz this morning...so I'm much better off than you are; although my old blk and wt RCA TV is only 13 inches, and I live IN Death Valley...but hey...my hand-powered, paper fan keeps my right arm in shape; when it isn't swollen from the Lymphoid infection that erupted after my breast-cancer surgery which claimed both my breasts 3-yrs ago along with all of my lymph-nodes. And my cat (my last living friend) dropped dead this morning; without even being kicked by Ernest!! But that's o.k.I don't need to win this contest as much as Symmetry does. Now I'll just go back to my old rocking chair and enjoy what the rats haven't eaten of my last old National Geographic. I wish I could read it, but I lost my glasses and can't see where I might have left them. But I'm okay...don't worry about me. 
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • Symmetry58
      Sitting here in a pile of vulture droppings *kicking vulture away* - not yet Mr. Vulture. I only look d-e-a-d - sipping rust water Snapple, I've come to realize that I was being selfish. There are others more worthy of this accolade than myself even in spite of them rolling in Benjamins having won recently.

      Despite having seen you and the other Lovejoys frolicking around in your Margarita jello sauna recently, right after you kicked sand in my open head wound, I now believe that perhaps you are more needy than myself despite my recent diagnosis of morbid languidity.

      And by the way, was that real diamond dust glitter on your eyelids? Pish-posh, Miss Gabor. It went marvelously with your 24K gold-lined thong bikini. You were so adorable when you spilled Dom Perignon on your $2000 stilettos. Curse like the skeletal remains of Leona Helmsley you did.

      But I digress.

      Yes, tis you who deserves this victory. I shall cast my vote straight away upon the day of reckoning....provided these pesky vultures haven't beef wellington'ed my rancid carcass by then.
       
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • lovingempath
      I hear the sad cry of a wounded carrion bird, as I wake from my all-day nap. Could it be the said vulture you kicked in my direction? No matter...maybe he will become my new beat friend; out here in the desert heat. I have nothing to feed him...as I have already eaten my last Ritz cracker a day ago. Perhaps my withered flesh, devoid of the ornamentation from the desires of my past dreams, will satisfy him. My well has run dry and the distant rains will never quench the thirsty, cracked clay I call my home now. I have not even a rusty 'Snapple' to sustain myself. So this could be my final farewell, to a world that only holds future woes. I am guessing I may survive, perhaps another 17-days; if my new winged friend does not devour me first. I am of the belief that my worthiness of life on this planet has come to an end, and all of my treasured words will be buried; along with my vulture-pecked bones, under the sands of the next storm; predicted to hit in approximately 17-days. But do not worry about me. There are others much more worthy of a vote.. 
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • Symmetry58
      Well played, Miss, well played.
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • LinYoest
      and @lovingempath
      Is there not compassionate friend or stranger who, seeing your desperate estates, can offer a morsel or two? How have you come to such distress…life’s cruelty or your careless attention? Benjamin is nearly a stranger; undergoing much transformation. I do see him from time to time, and will gladly send him in your directions whence next he passes by. For now, may you both be winners so as to relieve, even briefly, your starving conditions. 
      LikeReply 21 year ago
    • lovingempath
      I would bow to you monsieur...if I had the strength...and if I weren't afraid I might spill the Dom Perignon onto my extremely expensive stiletto heels. I was trying to salvage that as a thirst respite for my new, injured friend. Hark! I hear the winged-beast now. But fear not for my safety. I'm sure I will survive for at least another 17-days. Beyond that...you may sift through the sands of time to try and recover the bleached bones of my humble, worthless (vulture-gnawed) remains. They will be a poetic tribute; to you, my friend. 
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • lovingempath
      No no. Even though I believe I only have a mere 16 days to survive; I am willing to share Benjamin with those willing to receive him from the beak of a starving (and savagely kicked) messenger vulture. Perhaps we might share a morsel together. For even though I have lived a careless life, these last moments are but a reflection of my truth. And if you happen to glance into my mirror...I wonder who you will see....:). I prey on no one, and pray for everyone. I seek no 'pity' vote. I will pass that vote on to the 'kicker of vultures', if given one. For he is truly more worthy (and needy) than myself :). 
      LikeReply 11 year ago
  • LinYoest
    How do I submit my poem if it’s already here on the Poetry site?
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • lovingempath
      Did you figure this out yet?
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • LinYoest
      No, I didn’t. It seems I have to enter the poem as if it’s new to the site, when actually I considered entering one I already have on here.
      LikeReply 11 year ago
    • Symmetry58
      What I do is remove the one I have posted, then enter it into the contect.
      LikeReply 21 year ago
    • LinYoest
      Thank you. I did send a message and they replied today that if it's on here it is considered a published poem and therefore not eligible for the contest. I appreciate your reply.
      LikeReply 21 year ago
  • author177
    I've worked really hard on my poem and I'm sure everyone else has! Can't wait to see the submissions!
    LikeReply 51 year ago
  • Karmsin
    Im so excited
    LikeReply 41 year ago
  • IndigoHeart
    New to the community and looking forward to reading all the fabulous works!
    LikeReply 51 year ago
    • Symmetry58
      You're only allowed to read mine. New rule. :-P
      Welcome to the site,, dear. I'm Steve. :-)
      LikeReply 21 year ago
  • elena.ingrid.schwarz
    Can’t wait to reveal my first poem!
    LikeReply 61 year ago
    • jerrylogie
      I love that feeling you get when you know you have a good poem and others are going to read and judge it. Good luck with yours!!
      LikeReply 21 year ago
  • jerrylogie
    I enjoy these contests immensely. To not only display my work, but a chance to read over a hundred new poems every month...
    LikeReply 71 year ago
  • Orakle
    This is great. I'm pumped!
    LikeReply 61 year ago

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