March 10, 2026

Winners

SadnessYou ask why I carry sadness inside, / why I cling to the colour grey, / why I worry about everything

@Agnes-de-Lodz22

#1

46

secrets i surrender to the nightsoft bed, the walls dissolve. / i huddle, long for warmth, / a hand to hold.

@guy-scutellaro30

#2

34

My TribeMy friend / With coffee in your hand, / You are my tribe.

#3

31

Other poems

Watcha doing?The finals have finished. / We've got nothing to do. / I take out my computer.

@Shattentraumer35

30

The Jailer Rattles His KeysAll rise / And suddenly you’re awake. The clock reads two / All green as glowing hands that don’t look like hands

@lawrence-hall13

29

wit & wisdom: the doctor and I agree (2 X 365)at my semi-annual check down, / (to wait a year in between, / is to invite invasive festering cicadas)

@nat-lipstadt35

29

march sixthi write about you / again- / you are safe

28

blood on the carpetblood on the carpet / soaked and dry / say its just dirt

28

MenIn the house where men have sat, / with their arms open, / receiving nothing,

27

The Room We ShareSome nights I talk to the machine / the way I’d talk to a lamp left on – / not because I expect enlightenment,

27

Whats My REAL Birthday DATEI celebrated my same Birthday / until I was a teenager / Everybody knows their Birthday date

@cj-sutherland57

27

before long“They are not following us.” / We veered. / Took turns to lead. Slowed down at unique buildings. Felt safe to express, recall, or forget. Between the three close friends that was casual, natural, and almost magical. When HY, JR, and I cycled through the alleys in early-March-afternoon sunshine, a gusto in simple stillness surrounded as something we couldn’t ask for. “You feel the breeze?”

@EvelynYiningChen5

26

velvetIf you doubt there’s real evil in the world / try gluten-free pizza - it’s a super low-value experience / imagine something criminal, like pizza on a *******

26

UrgesI hear a song softly whisper / Into the wind out of the blue / Hear notes hanging on the ether

@CognitiveConflict24

26

Remembering DadI remember walking, / with my healthy, young dad, / Holding his left pinky,

@VictorDLopez36

22

Letters From the Other Side of the Moon(A love letter written across impossible distances – where longing invents new worlds just to be heard.) / I write to you from the other side of the moon, / where the air tastes faintly of oranges

@MidnightVerse17

22

Gender roles on the new hello poetryHello poetry, / I fear I must ask a question, / On this site where words may be gift or weapon,

@Blind_sighted6

14

Crisis (Tanka)If you find yourself, / in the midst of a crisis, / try to remember.

@lynn-stillman5

13

Peace be bornBorn from fragments / of an angel's wing / Fallen like blessings

@VeiledInMoonlight8

13

PersonalitiesCarved and shaped. / In different sizes. / Colors of the rainbow.

11

A Night OutSocial lubricant, they say. / To hell with that, / I don’t know when or how,

5

Seasons of Wisdom*** / An old man stands / alone in a field—

@PaulBaldryPoetry48

5

Night OutThe night’s got that buzz like a cracked-open beer, / Bass in the walls and the boys all here. / Someone’s yelling about something dumb,

@lionheartedandproud24

4

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