February 17, 2026

Winners

AutismWhat is obvious to you / Is not to me / And frankly I don't know

@CognitiveConflict24

#1

38

Too far my loverTree, I have come to shelter and with the rain to weep / I am soaked, barefoot with mud running through / soft the moss, cool and cold

@ca-guilfoyle11

#2

32

Storm in the nightYou drift in like a storm, / disturbing the silence of my night. / Deep currents run turbulent,

#2

32

Other poems

DottedDotted / -Olivia Williams- / (February 6th-2026)

@OliviaWilliams31

22

Wet socksAnd off to the bog again, / with sprained step and bated breath. / To wend and wade through water,

19

DiscriminationThey dressed me in judgment / before learning my name, / but none of their words

18

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

18

THE NEW RUSSIA. The prophecy of a Daughter's ascendancyHe had ruled too long in winter, / the cold settling into his bones, / the old intrigues circling him

@marshal-gebbie101

16

Now, VoyagerIt is almost cruel / How they look at you: / Cold, indifferent,

15

Good SpiritI learned, not at school / what a pleasant life is / for me; that was step 1

14

Reality CheckWalking along such a glitchy path / Fading away in unrecorded memory / Minding your steps in a dance of math

@CognitiveConflict20

13

PropositoLa vida sin un propósito / es como un pasillo largo y oscuro, / sólo caminas, sin luces ni rumbo,

12

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