March 23, 2026

Winners

I did not want the kneelingI did not want the kneeling / in that hospital room where the blinds stayed half-drawn / against a gray Vancouver morning. Breath rose slow at the sheets

#1

47

EclipseNight pierces the sky. / The stars are accomplices, / to the moons demise.

@lynn-stillman3

#2

45

Font of SorrowA font of sorrow has opened within my chest / If only I could sing as sweetly as the little bird with the flaming breast / He sings to herald the rising of the miracle we call dawn

@kim-johanna-baker16

#3

44

Other poems

Screams, shouts, crashes, criesWhen darkness falls / And swallows me whole, / When my soul leaves my body

@guerrilla_poet94

43

drugged poemI wish I was a cigarette, / to be adored, / to be drawn in.

@GODDESSOFLOVE15

43

Cosmic LoveLike two comets on the same course, / we collided head on together – / two different beings somehow brought together

42

Bright EyesI could have known you / But I wasn't myself / A book far from view

@CognitiveConflict24

20

OtonoIn the midst of the night, / When Hypnos is busy elsewhere, / I stand over my tiny diary,

@TheClumsyGardener37

20

The Table BeckonsThe table beckons me, "come", / Trouble yourself not to stride, / The beat of an ominous drum

14

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

14

Where My Heart Returns… L 🪶 J … / I feel it call— / not loud, not urgent,

@PaulBaldryPoetry64

13

IronyLustful individual, / starving in a world of touch, / hands full of want,

@siphelele-mbatha41

13

I Hate YouWhy do you do the things you do? / It only makes your life harder! / You are greedy! You can't have your cake and eat it too.

@Unsuspecting_you16

12

PURITYMasquerading twilight / Before and after / Temptations like a riptide

11

Before the Bloom, the BurningBorn into this world to fight, / A half-burned oracle, wretched and wild — / In frenzy, ripping out his own radiant spine,

11

Applause in the DistanceBroken strings, glass-tear eyes— / where’s that smile from a distance? / :been a bit distant—

@OddOdysseyPoet10

10

Vagabond"Damn, I've missed the last bus home & it's tipping down / And to add insult to injury, I forgot my umbrella" / She didn't realize she'd put voice to the thoughts in her mind

@kim-johanna-baker19

7

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