February 1, 2026

Winners
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I willa sense of harm in the air / aliveness, aggression, deadness at the center of things / between me and me this new silence probing depths and nuances
@irinia8
23
Autopsy of a FeelingI hold the scalpel at arm’s length, / a careful incision where the warmth should be. / The heart does not pulse.
@badwords22
22
let me just saythat i've been reading your poetry / (on the new front page) / and,
@eliotyork28
20
RUEI should be going through these dreadful times with you, / Now lost to me through my own selfish failings. / It should be you I stand beside when all that’s built
@LoriJonesMcCaffery15
19
Winter of my dreamsDreams come back / haunting the winter / of my sleep
@South-by-Southwest23
16
what ifyour words travel with the speed of light through my layers and in the resonant networks until they reach the limit of visibility inside my mind / your voice stirs the waters, your pixelated silence crashes the miscalculations of hope / a heated tension is dissolving the stillnes of hours
@irinia8
15
Synthetic diamonds cut just as roughWe learn truth from glossy pages / and history from yellowed ones / The mouth of man can never be trusted
@paperfires12
14
being hated writes no poetrya terrorized body collapses the mind / a terrorized mind is like a bird caged in the prison of ribs / the terror of being hated writes no poetry
@irinia8
14
Self IncarcerationAs I half slumber into self incarceration / On the walls of my asylum / Electric spiders do their craft
@FTScorza22
12
Maybe Winter is TiredAnd taking a break for a few sunny days / Icicles have dripped and dropped away to earth / Merry breezes breathe away dawn’s drifting haze
@lawrence-hall10
12
HumanThere are words / moving like weather / inside my head,
@R3NNZZ97
11
Left Up to MeYou said I was almost something— / almost bright enough to keep, / almost soft enough to hold without flinching,
@Abbyslove72
10
'i've got you' are loves'i've got you' are loves / on every leaf / (rectoverso,
@mattr22
10
The DifferenceI say my name aloud in the silence, / to hear it settle in the room, / to remember that breathing
@VerseBuster19
10
HP Writers Spotlight: Tanisha Jackland (Lady of Fire)~ / February 2026 / HP Poet: Tanisha Jackland (Lady of Fire)
@The-Timetables22
10
ifIf there is a devil / and there’s some debate, / then I think he’s all too human
@anaisvionet37
9
For the Love of MikeTOE-nail RE-growth, memory re' / always cut the V see, inside then / there's this Y, and becoming a TOE
@kenpepiton32
8
Am I the Dream or the Dreamer?Dreams, so many dreams / Some forgotten, some waiting to happen / am I one of those dreams?
@abyss33
8
Burnt wingsI am a moth / Whose wings are folded paper. / Sturdy enough to fly,
@Poyo47
8
NUCLEAR WORDSWords are power— / like nuclear energy. / They can be both
@Blue-Sapphire15
8
NOT AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBEROnce, there were two potatoes. / They fell in love / and fought over a chilli.
@Blue-Sapphire5
8
Plum Blossoms Promise (2026)Wuxing Category: Wood (木) / 1-xx / The year exhales a final, frozen breath,
@Liujiawen202438
7
so aloneLeave alone ! / almost close to falling / My soul in the center of the circle
@akn17
7
Reordering the FamiliarI hardly saw it coming – / only the quiet way your absence began / reordering the small, familiar details.
@VerseBuster42
7
The CutThe humble scissor / Whose slender complexion / Slides over imperfect paper edges
@tahnee_theshell32
7
(My)U R Perfect(ion).. Ur perfect / meniscus scends / up,between
@mattr21
7
SolitaryMy mind-- / a torture chamber. / Exclusively for me.
@Darksoul3
7
Nothing happened. But everything happened too. You know?Nothing happened. But everything happened too. You know? / "All the nothing, all the everything." / Life dripped like spilled mercury across the kitchen tiles.
@ParadoxicalPenguin23
6
Morning walkWandering the field of his body / arched in rising sunbeam, / her fingers trail the valley of
@vitae13
6
A Sheep in Wolfs ClothingWe've all heard of a wolf in sheep's clothing, / But it's the opposite for me. / I've always been the odd one out,
@musicsavedme22
6
When She Speaks SoftlyThere is a moment, / just before her voice finds the air, / when the world holds its breath.
@barbara-r-maxwell30
6
Losing StreakSurely I trust in the lord / Because nothing else has to the chord / Losing friendships like bridges long burnt down
@thyreez25
5
Hottest consecutive seven days since 1939The rain came / To quench the thirst, again, / Of the land;
@bekahalle21
5
Way to SuccessIt is not from our hands / But from the instrument / That music rises.
@1DNA8
5
Body SwitchI want to rip off my fingers / one by one / then my arms and legs
@SS_poetry18
5
No wishing for more wishesThere are times / I wish / for wishes
@Sam_E12
5
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