February 14, 2026

Winners

happy birthdayI turned sixteen today / I turned the age that I always said I was during games when I was younger / I turned the age that I used to think was so old

@AcreWoods10019

#1

49

pass my thanks along to your LLM for its commentpass my thanks along / to your AI commenter — / it saw “depth” —

#2

39

None!All at once, / I became / None.

#3

31

Other poems

My ShadowMy shadow crawls behind me, / A demon cast by the sun, / Just as the sun sets it grabs me,

28

Lost VersesMore honor / in shame / than ever

@kurt-philip-behm33

25

I Am NobodyI’m Nobody, said the child once, / small as a hush, easy to miss. / She left her words in scribbled ink

23

The FoxTracks in the frost behind the shed / my rabbits quiet in their wired sleep / Four paws stitched the snow in the night

23

The Hollow MenMistah Kurtz—he dead. / A penny for the Old Guy / I

23

StrandedEach stranded in the kitchen cove / Gatekeeping my realities / Protecting your sanities

21

Heavy InkAs was fashionable / So becomes obligation / One less concession

19

I Swear I'm NEVER Good Enough...for love. / (sonnet #MMMMMDXXXIX) / He jested that he'd write a book whose tale

18

Seashore Moments On The HeartPink peonies petering in the wind, a gentle kiss and soon they're gone / peacefully perusing puffed with color, just before the touch of dawn / Warming waters walking days of heat, seashore moments on the heart

18

Blessed by PainI have got myself into illnesses / I never knew of. / Been in so much pain

18

QUO VADIS, EUROPAQuo vadis, Europa? / Forward .... not back. / Into the century that calls your name

@marshal-gebbie43

16

m6pulling you closer by your tie, / mediocre chemistry, / very slight attraction.

@pink_sleeved_girl_811

16

That feelingDo you ever get that feeling..? / Emotions on high / yet you can't explain why

16

9:49amhe took my heart and crushed it between the hands that touched me, / That I thought loved me, / but he only wanted to **** me,

@m4cz_thoughtz13

15

Living in a momentFor a moment, I wished I could be like a star - steady, calm, and unchanging, just watching that moment forever.But then I realized I don’t want to be distant and alone like a star in the cold sky. / I just want to stay in that one small moment, close to you,feeling the silence, the warmth, and the quiet connection in your eyes. / Not to watch from far away -but to live inside that moment for as long as it lasts.

@to-her-who-already-knows3

13

AnticlinalHow long does it last / When it's forever / Rolled into the past

@CognitiveConflict24

13

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