February 4, 2026

Winners
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Mary MaryI learned, this morning, that my Grandmère’s tiny, / designer tote is a ferriday bag. / Mary, Mary, are you worried?
@anaisvionet39
23
Drunk on EverythingTruth shows up, / walking through clover / thick enough to stain my cuffs.
@thomas-w-case44
22
Sutures of LightLightning lives / between your fingers, / flashing silver inside
@vitae25
22
A decadeYou found me at a bad time / Around a decade from today / Gulping in the greenery
@r9zy24
20
My muse, canvas, artmy scars are gone, / settled in below my skin / tunneling into my bones
@SS_poetry12
18
Residual LightEven abandoned stars still burn, / their glow crossing years of darkness / to reach eyes that no longer look.
@VerseBuster20
17
GoodnightGoodnight to the cracked sidewalks / and memories of flickering neon / and bars I shouldn’t have wandered into.
@thomas-w-case42
17
they cannot take you from herei sit in silence / fear / cowardice
@samthechangeling38
16
Even as Shadows ForgetBurn me gently in your memory, / a candle’s ache, / flickering through quiet rooms,
@ParadoxicalPenguin7
13
The Galaxy's Guide to the HitchhikerA very, very, very, very weak attempt at / the Thai Khlong Suparb poetry form - / An idea suggested by Emily
@lawrence-hall18
13
exchoose me, love me / did i ever love you? / were you just a game
@pink_sleeved_girl_815
12
That Old Country CottageTucked away in the edge of the trees / Roses round the door / The old greyish thatched roof
@joe-cole22
10
DrugsPoetry is my drug / I go there like a devoted **** / I take a line
@Amethyste0018
10
The Unbreakable BreakI miss the days when we were together. / Are those days truly forgettable? / No, I'll remember them forever.
@MimirPoet8
8
Little Garden of Hope.Within tired weathered hands / I shelter fragile hope, / This sovereign acre, my Little Garden slope;
@MalcolmG41
8
if you diedfor my friend, / if you died, / I would hold you,
@giarose47
8
Time Will TellListening to the choir, / watching you sing, / a lost smile returns,
@flame-heart20
7
PRESSURELive up to his legacy / Or you’ll end in a bind. / They stop saying you’re ahead
@HollyLS26
5
You are allowedYou've walked through fire / and always carried on. / Your passion rises like a phoenix,
@Leanneslove27
4
Iteration 2025Leaves pale and lose their cling; / No longer does the bluebird sing; / Summer's had her annual fling;
@don-bouchard20
3
HP Writers Spotlight: Tanisha Jackland (Lady of Fire)~ / February 2026 / HP Poet: Tanisha Jackland (Lady of Fire)
@The-Timetables22
3
What I Didn't NoticeWhat I Didn’t Notice / "A quiet reflection on the kind of change that arrives slowly, in the wake of a connection that didn’t hold." / I didn’t notice the change at first –
@VerseBuster24
2
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