March 5, 2026

Winners

mind the gapplease mind the gap, I need to tell myself / the inbetwenness of life vibrates / mind the gap between words and deeds

#1

43

After AssemblyThe astrophysicist on the radio says / we’re orbiting a reject star on an impractical rock, / and still I set water to boil,

@William-A-Gibson18

#2

41

if i had chosenif i had chosen / i would not have met you / i would have chosen a plain with no name,

@RastislavKnezi75

#3

33

Other poems

GEOMETRY OF A SINGLE BREATH Version for Two Voices(Euclid and a Friend) / ⸻ / I — Surface Without Edge

@RastislavKnezi67

32

The NutI carry a nut in my mouth. / M6. Chrome-plated. Bent. / I swallowed it with water

@RastislavKnezi90

32

coordinates(read at your own risk) / * / everything in the room

@RastislavKnezi44

31

friendevening exhales, / and the walls stop holding their breath / the room forgets who it was trying to impress

@RastislavKnezi42

31

If Found, The MoonIf found, the moon / should be placed in the hands of an origami expert / to be folded into itself--an envelope--

@ShayCaroline12

31

The Only Life We HaveWe live the only life we have / Disrupted sleep is / What we have instead,

30

The FirmamentThe ancients say it was hammered thin, / a sheet of sky beaten out on an anvil of light, / arched over the world to keep the waters back.

@Geof_Spavins33

26

Human Project, We AreCitizens of bandwidth, / Seeking your truth. / Custodians of the unvarnished word.

@HumanProject42

26

Voodoo dollI have your voodoo doll / You must have mine / Every little jab

25

The things I'v been calledToday I've been called / both sensitive and too thick-skinned, / both too quiet and too loud,

25

the *****it never asked for light / still / the morning crucified it

@RastislavKnezi21

24

DesireYou are my desire. / I want to feel your lips, / To learn the way they taste.

24

The Beautiful AccidentYou were never part of the plan, / Yet you arrived unapologetically and became my whole world. / You became the dream I'd never want to wake up from,

22

The Sum of All My DreamsIf I would meet a Genie / On a parched and dusty road, / Found down upon his luck

21

Bus Stop, 7:42 PM(Sometimes the smallest pauses reveal the most about how we move through the world.) / The rain arrives without ceremony. / It settles –

20

The HeiressesThe richest women in the world / Are heiresses / Not scientists, not writers

14

Sorry“It’s your fault” / “Stop getting involved” / “You’re a bad friend”

@guerrilla_poet35

14

MothMoth, dancing moth, / dance to the light. Dance to the death. / Break those wings to free the flight,

13

The FeedThese mornings no longer arrive with paper. / They arrive with a thumb tap on glass / and a brief ecclesiastical flicker of light.

10

Isolation StationThe Year is 1855 — / Yet somehow — 2026 — / I’ve sealed myself in Timbered Air —

10

Look AwayLoose strands falling, / hiding a shadow of pain. / My hollow stare burrowed deep

9

Bipolar - RevisedAnger and sadness, a heavy, endless sea, / A shadow of something unholy in me. / I try to tame my shame, but it grows like a vine,

9

Friendship Is A LuxuryYou really need some friends / At least you have to try / Friendship is a luxury

9

The Flower of LifeA Traditional Linked 12 Verse Haiku / The Beginning / SPRING SEED

@PaulBaldryPoetry52

9

Love, AC, I love you, / All I can think of is you through and through. / Through every test; every thought,

@LotusLovebug16

8

We really are just kidsMy friends are tumbling down / Like jack and Jill / Their arms are bruised and bleeding

8

Saint Peter JamesLong... Long... ago, I met a man / In a shady and mangled tavern. / His stature rather low,

7

In Less Than an HourI was walking along the road, / the morning unraveling slowly, / while I saw a group of boys in crumpled messy uniforms

7

Keep the Wheels in LineThere’s a heartbeat in the hallway, / like a clock that’s lost its name. / I pull my jacket on again,

@Geof_Spavins46

7

Untied Shoespedaling bicycles / through our neighborhood / since we were eight—

5

Dancing PlagueFeeling somewhat rotten inside / But not really knowing where it went wrong / Looking into no place to hide

@CognitiveConflict32

4

ApricityBrown as the beans / of the coffee in midnight / soft like autumn leaves

@EclipseArushi23

4

Heaven in Their HandsWouldn't the muddy ground / have its own pastel sparkles? / Wouldn't the clouds twinkle so bright

3

A Nobel for Their AshesThe little girls were playing in the school, / Like flowers tossing their heads in a garden, / It was their world, full of energy and curiosity,

2

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