February 15, 2026

Winners

My favourite loserMy favourite loser / is me— / the one who tries

#1

32

If To Live Then By Sea*** / If to live then by the sea / If to love then today

#2

30

2:17amthe moon is a whisper / on my bedroom wall, / she's ten times louder in my head

#3

28

Burnt wingsI am a moth / Whose wings are folded paper. / Sturdy enough to fly,

#3

28

Other poems

Human Project, I AmShamita. / I have stood in grocery aisles / explaining my name twice.

@HumanProject38

24

Pretty ThingWhat a beautiful thing you are / such a lovely streak of grey / running through the middle of your hair

24

The StarI was a dead star my entire life, / A Black Hole nestled beneath my ribs where my heart should've been, / Pushing away every bit of love before it could touch the walls I'd made.

21

ButterflyWhen I put my palm out— / those butterflies never settle. / When you do, they do.

@Poetic-Companion24

20

bad againthe dip in my bed is staring at me / like an upset mother after you’ve spilled milk / it holds its glare as i rise from it

19

The tree of lifepretty poetic / how everything / that has lived

19

Get NowhereOkay / I will let the world choose for me / They say

@CognitiveConflict16

16

mother life, father death.like the bits of pieces, / of choco chip cookies, / sluggishly sticking to the edge

15

LorettaI hold her tight and carry her with my heart / For she is a translator for the love I carry / And cannot share directly

13

Almost love, almost sea (imploring mortals to unmake me)If only softer woes could dredge the weed-soaked pearls, / or toss them deep between the roughest crags / where Thetis goes, fish-scaled in the stormy curl

12

NoiseAs I look upon - / The sprawling fields of home, / My face aglow with the biting wind,

12

A kitchen's morningBright and warm the sun's light / Flooded over the kitchen / The dust that fly peacefully

@Sunny-Reveries15

6

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