January 13, 2026

Winners

Garden, Late Afternoonyou bend to touch the jasmine. / I watch from the gate, / keeping distance like a promise.

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My poemsI find it scary to write a poem, / because what if people don’t like it? / Or worse — what if they do,

#2

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all the distancein this cocoon of silence / the wind is clear / thoughts lose their gravity

#3

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Other poems

Chasing DreamsI chase stars / not to hold them / but to feel the burn

17

FlowersPeople are like flowers, / Each with their own colors, / Each shining in their own quiet way.

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Stymphalian BirdsZeus, / reduced to a fairy story, / his powers a parlor trick,

@ShayCaroline38

15

3 SISTERSOnce, there were three sisters / who set out into the world. / In time, the second became a household name

@Blue-Sapphire20

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Ash and WantingI’ve heard their lies. I heard them all. / I read the names carved in the wall. / I saw the soldiers clear the hall

@William-A-Gibson29

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SparkleSparkle sparkle little star / Wonder where my favorites are? / Cannot find, cannot "like"

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You and Me,W As / e / We

@AbbottJHardison26

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Cherry TreeThe branches of a cherry tree bent down, / their leaves moving above my head. / Back then, I didn’t speak.

@Agnes-de-Lodz35

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YellowThey were the only two yellows / In a world full of blue / They were called the odds

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Spring Will ComeMy friend came by the other day. / As a leaf in the wind he has blown / from street to street

@DanielTucker60

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PrayI am no saint / but I could try / To shape

@ladyofirepoetry17

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Samba of the SilentThey gather close but never dare, / A drifting hush of watchful air, / Where drums ignite the public square—

@marshal-gebbie25

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Be Not AfraidBe not afraid- / Both light and dark shall cease- / Prepared, She is just another change

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we onlywe only see what we understand / we cling to the cohesion of already made concepts / for fear. the unknown, the ambivalent, the uncanny

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The Shape of my DaysI used to believe staying still / was the same as being safe. / If I kept my wanting quiet,

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Cancer The Big “C”Cancer, there is no answer / No rhyme or reason / No, typical season

@cj-sutherland31

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Stillness We ChoseI give myself the way time gives itself / not to be taken, / but to be enjoyed,

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Moon Over the Wild RoseLet us forget, then / forget with deliberation / for memory is a perfumed poison,

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Between the StarsDo you feel inspired? / While we whisper late at night? / Stars floating all around us,

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DeceptionLook around / Don’t / look away

@cj-sutherland16

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All the Monkeys Heredora, where are you now? / I need you to teach me / how to cross the river

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Before The Door ClosedThere was a doorway I kept walking past, / pretending it was still open. / Your absence stood there as the outline

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PerfectIn a perfect world, / I would accept me for me, / endear all my flaws.

@lynn-stillman3

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Through the years, Cancer fearsDeath came to call / The finality of it all / All one can do

@cj-sutherland31

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Evil is Afraid of YouLawrence Hall / [email protected] / Dispatches for the Colonial Office

@lawrence-hall17

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ForestDrifting by / Amongst the forever weeping / Crystal pine trees

@Decaynine_Ashes4

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THE GLITCH 14/15: ART IS A MISFIRING GODit meant to fix you / it offered a metaphor / like a bandage

@RastislavKnezi7

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The Doomsday Clock and Watch CollectionLawrence Hall / [email protected] / Dispatches for the Colonial Office

@lawrence-hall17

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PhoticThe lights could never be brighter, / Than the sunrays reflecting in your hair. / A heartfelt laugh, igniting my soul,

@TheClumsyGardener7

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**** Normal!What does it mean? / What does it not mean? / My mind may play tricks on me

@KristaDelleFemine13

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THE GLITCH 13/15: LONELINESS IS TYPING...the dots appear / the screen breathes / you wait

@RastislavKnezi8

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A FALLEN STARI am now a fallen star. / Don’t look at me / and wish I were

@Blue-Sapphire13

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