February 11, 2026

Winners

Read Me In ColourI am a poet. / I bleed in violet, / and every shade of blue.

@Mara_Ellison23

#1

38

A Night Prayer for YouThank you / For the prayers you offered over your first cuppa / For the breakfast you made for yourself and others

@lawrence-hall16

#2

32

HeliotropeThe way flowers twist / to face the afternoon sun, / I’ll do the same to you.

#3

31

The weight of SilenceWorking with people smarter than you is a blessing, not a threat— / but listen closely, / because not everyone who shines is gold,

@eindeinnemoon89

#3

31

Other poems

Locked EmotionsTears demand to fall, / Shame climbs up into my throat, / Silent, I swallow.

21

AloneDry leaves scrape the ashen ground, / Like brittle bones that make no sound. / They chase the dusk where light has flown,

@musfiq-us-shaleheen6

17

A Second LongerIf I could see you one last time, / I would bring you close, / take your hand-

17

Where There Be DragonsWhere there be dragons, long ago, in seas that hide abyss below. / Cartographers of yore did warn, cartographers with lore and yarn. / Spinning tales of Wurms and Wyverns, unnerving those who push horizons.

16

The day that followedThe party is over and everyone finally went home. / At the following day, the kitchen was complaining. / The party of fake smiles and feigned happiness

@naeemaabdelgawad30

15

PeachesYou’re built differently, / Diagnosed with performative tendencies. / Your aura redraws territory,

@BelieverMusaWaterson18

15

A Dragon's Gaze (2026)Wuxing Category: Water (水) / 5-xx / The steel of the gaze holds a firm line,

@Liujiawen202438

15

Again, AgainI want to tell the Moon the good news / But its nothing / So what should I whisper instead?

@storysketches59

15

OleanderThose nights were sleepless / yet it was a precipice of silence and chaos, / you know that I've got so far than I ever was, and at this very moment, I laid my soul bare as if it's my youth's requiem.

13

054he became a ghost for eleven days, / & told me “i love you” for the last time. / he disappeared again the next day,

12

scaredthe truth is I'm scared / I'm scared to be close with you again / I'm scared that if I let you into my life

9

For Wednesday ...Caprice / The right moment / at the wrong time

@kurt-philip-behm56

9

notes on hiatus(i will never again trust my neighbor to be good or safe i mean they keep dying they keep killing each other they keep catching angel sicknesses they keep going to vampire churches and all-the-livelong-day they keep getting ****** they keep getting ****** too hard and to no kind end but we all know that right it’s all over the hologram our very own ***** film and at the end of each episode the names of all the directors are blacked out but they give a special thanks to god and, god, i don’t think i can be your friend / anymore) / notes on hiatus

8

purposeGod, / Why am I here, what's meant for me? / That question whispers, constantly.

@m4cz_thoughtz19

8

unmake /Me into smitherreens,unmake /Me into smitherreens, / reeling wind takes / a shine off My mood.

7

The End OfWords filter above Jar Of Hearts / and they tell me / the ink in my pen runs dry.

7

(the demon has begun peacocking in my front yard)for days / a sunny circle / Of man ****

6

Los RatitosLast year was one of a kind, / The first where los ratitos, / Didn't pack up and go on,

@TheClumsyGardener41

6

The Interloper!You Chorus-Duck — you Interloper! — / How dare you breach my Mog — / I was mid-Sense — mid-Lament still —

5

Dear Delta Dawnwere you the best thing, / to ever happen to me? / was i holding my breath,

4

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