February 2, 2026

Winners
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Closing the Book on LoveOur love was like a library / Everything inside us was used / And outdated
@Carlo-C-Gomez8
25
InheritanceThe tractor coughed diesel, / choking on enlistment. / Pappaw watched,
@William-A-Gibson13
25
Waking UpStill dark out. / Brain lagging, like a beetle carrying a couch. / Start pushed on the coffee machine.
@thomas-w-case17
24
The Scent of GoodbyeThe room smelled of forgotten promises. / Dust curled in sunbeams, / the piano sighing songs
@VerseBuster13
23
Not a TraceI’m looking for an angel in the snow, / the kind you leave behind / when you fall backward
@Shiro15
20
Self Reflection 2I am / a collapsing moment— / the inhale before the truth lands.
@Fumbletongue76
19
My phone won't let me downI woke up in a huff. / Things I should have done already, / Came back in a flood.
@daniel-james57
17
No, It Wasn't the MedicationsIf we do meet again, why, we shall smile / *Julius Caesar* V.i.28 / Last night my friend and mentor was dreamed to me
@lawrence-hall12
16
My little WolfIn the velvet hush of a northern night, / I trace your ghost in the pale moonlight. / A silver shadow on the canyon rim,
@LotusLovebug16
15
Death of a ButterflyUnder a sullen, unloving sky, / Caught off guard by the searching rain, / She flees to shieldlike canopies.
@RWRutledge26
14
Love will find you, girlChestnut cherry colored / lip stain stays the / fears and thoughts
@EssLunasa21
14
Left Up to MeYou said I was almost something— / almost bright enough to keep, / almost soft enough to hold without flinching,
@Abbyslove72
12
the heavy truthlet the / galaxy spill / its guts.
@cariidarockstar15
10
Pale Shadows and SeasonsPale shadows and seasons and leaves drift by / The slanting sun of February falls / With merciless mortality upon
@lawrence-hall8
10
Same dirt different coffinThe meek and humble / Shall inherit the earth / But only after
@HelloDaisies192
6
My houseI desperately wanted to write a poem / With words that would capture that my home / Is just a house with people in it,
@Lilyxpoetry12
6
Reordering the FamiliarI hardly saw it coming – / only the quiet way your absence began / reordering the small, familiar details.
@VerseBuster42
6
I didn't break, I'm just broken..The clock still ticks but the hands are bent, / Counting the hours of this life I've spent. / The shimmer is gone, the edges are worn,
@jacob-eirschele14
5
The Shift—and then, my focus / shifted as soon as you / came into my view…
@BradWong6
4
I will comeIn the darkest places you can roam, / In the coldest waters, far from home, / In the deepest fears you keep inside,
@Rory11112
4
I Didn't get Better At Being The Best I Got Better At Being The SurvivorPeople clap for me / saying you did it / but what did I do
@R3NNZZ56
4
ready for sparks, not for burningDoes it bother you when you see your name / across these words, / secretly tucked away
@proseache36
3
Retrospection / A Moment to BreatheGive me / A moment of Time / To pause
@Reav-Ecan18
3
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