February 6, 2026

Winners

Sunrise butterI loved seeing the orange sun buttered on the bellies of the birds / Sunrise poured on mountains run through with black veins / Blushing and growing in a warm shade that betrays the frost

#1

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Broken MorningHe learned to drink alone / after the tavern closed. / The jukebox played sad songs for no one.

@thomas-w-case16

#2

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I never liked sitcoms anywayWhen I think of how your fingers may have touched her / I wonder if she felt your grip / On her shoulders

#3

33

Other poems

Don't look backAWAKE. / Buried alive, / tearing free,

31

In the mourning I think of youThe ache stretches with my bones as they yawn and turn awake / Wearing the absence of you tight / And wound

27

Winter can't Hold MeWinter’s brutal kiss / tried to freeze me / on my journey.

@thomas-w-case49

25

Splinters of AbsenceSplinters of Absence / "Absence cuts deep, yet its splinters still glimmer.” / I knew you once

22

Never fall in love with a poet...*Never fall in love with a poet / for their words are sometimes lies / on occasions they're a shield

@a-thomas-hawkins20

21

Across the wiresThe miles are etched upon the map, / A silent, cold, dividing gap, / But when the day begins to fray,

@amurderedsoul14

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computer speakcomputer speak can count the stars / one by one, one and all / add up the shine of the cosmos

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Held Between Sirens and SilenceI was asked today to be gentle and immovable at the same time. / To carry glass without bleeding. / To stand watch while the ground beneath me learned new ways to give.

18

You are aliveThere is sunlight in your eyes / and it is a place / I wish I could

@HollyPoridge24

17

The Taste of ChildhoodI remember, back when summers were in their prime. / I remember, back when happiness cost less than a dime. / I remember, when vacations were still fun.

17

Poem For The BlindThere's a strange sort of madness taking over this world. / It is mundane. / It is generic, and it is a cancer eating away all original thought.

@john-patrick-robbins-aka-gonzo6

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pickpocketsThere’s been so much in the news lately - they’re filling up actual paper papers! / Paris isn’t only zinc countertops and surly waiters you know - although those are the best parts. / No, Paris, has been pronounced the pickpocket capital of the world!

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Solid Ground!I do not want the key back / to the room I locked. / The dust can settle there in patterns

15

Constellation of AbsenceI wait for you, / soulmate of my imagining, / in the spaces where silence gathers.

@MidnightVerse25

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A Final Wave PassesWhen staring at the moon / I no longer long / For love.

@AbbottJHardison12

14

The Emperor Xi.The Available Options.... / He tightens the fist as the floorboards crack, / calls it “stability” while the future turns black.

@marshal-gebbie48

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Really?Am I real, / Are you real, / Are we real,

@Arii_Does_ARTZZZ30

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CreationThe scratching of a pen / The turning of pages / Contemplative whispers

11

I'm not hereSunlight crawling ‘cross my floor, / Birds still singing like before, / Coffee steaming in the (pott) ,

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Somewhere Between Here and YouOne day we will be together again / I don’t know how, I don’t know when. / But, there is one thing that I know for sure,

10

kiss meyeah we're drunk, / this is kind of risky. / wouldn't have thought of this,

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What a lovely sentimentFriendship is a sacred bond / Or so I have been told / But we shared something more-

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BorderlineLost in time— / Clock is still ticking. / Yet, we are out of time.

@Poetic-Companion21

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Hat tipI must look / a mess to them... / My hair's in a quandary

6

Portrait of the UnknownAn apprentice, / A median, / A string being pulled by a thousand barefoot Ishmaels,

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Diamond PearlDiamond Pearl, How Beautiful you are, / Your petals so bright as the sun, / Your glen full of radiance and elegance,

@TheWordsmiths18

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