January 18, 2026

Winners
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21I know the void / More closely than sin / We walk hand in hand
@ShittyPoemsForShittyPeople24
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In Defense of Iambic PentameterIn Defense of Iambic Pentameter / For Lori Jones McCaffery, / who was spatting with iambic pentameter
@lawrence-hall15
11
Night time in NorwayWhen that icy wind comes cackling through the hedgerows, everyone knows to put on woollen socks to keep their toes warm. / I wear a nightcap / I also drink one,
@john-edward-smallshaw17
11
Autumn LeavesThe leaves are gold the air is cool / A quiet time before the school / Gets busy with its winter hum
@david-p-carroll18
10
off to dream-landa star speckled skyline / lights up the ceiling / and the northern lights
@Sam_E14
10
i woke up with butterflies in my esophagusthe person across from you / perhaps they see you beyond / what is written on you
@saint-sabeer-amin20
10
IN PURSUIT OF LOVEA collaboration of / Lori Jones McCaffery & David Hewitt / Clouds of grey, forboding loom
@LoriJonesMcCaffery27
9
Some MoreWe climb the Koro hill. / Forty years and still ascending / gives a good feel.
@pradip-chattopadhyay13
9
LUG IT OR LEAVE IT, KIWI?We built a state of drifting hands, / Where power floats and no one stands. / Authority divorced from cost....
@marshal-gebbie18
8
cobblestone upon the grasscobblestone upon the grass / leads to your abode at last / and when one minute more will pass
@EasonBrooks14
7
CLOUDY EYESPain sits like clouds / in the eyes, / till it grows
@Blue-Sapphire7
7
Rainy Gray DayIt was morning / in a small city on the East Coast. / Rain fell gently.
@barbara-r-maxwell29
7
Etudes_In Reply to Lori Jones McCaffery_ / "Poetry Challenge 1: One sentence, 17 syllables" / _I'm doing a variation and writing a poem consisting of only 17 syllable lines:_
@EvanS12
4
Exhausting Existenceexhausting existence / exhausting existence / holocaust fuels resistance
@Dermatillomaniac6
4
Why Love Why......The hour is late, the world is still, / And yet my heart begins to race; / I only saw you on a screen,
@michael-powers50
3
Thrift Store of AbnormalitiesTo mindlessly wander the barren aisles, / To perceive the reverberated murmurs from days of yore. / The cache extends for miles on miles,
@CrackersArtOfficial16
2
My Friend and OkraGive my share to the cats, the sea-bass, and the seal! / I have a dear friend who loves her okra / But those rubbery things just make me choke-ra!
@lawrence-hall4
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