April 6, 2026

Winners
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QuietNone of my friends are online. / My boyfriend isn't on until 11. / My sister is watching youtube.
@Pink_Ink_Amber7
12
A graveyard does not weepThe almost-transparent azure / looked south to / the almost-full moon descending
@EvelynYiningChen43
12
one or the otherWhen I logged onto HP this morning the red number on the little house said 1.1k, that’s one-thousand and 100 posts - if I’m reading it right. / I couldn’t help but feel a sense of personal injury - I’m missing it all. How can I ever catch up? School gets in the way of everything. / Ok, let's wax poetic… about Peter, my boyfriend of 4 years (time flies).
@anaisvionet31
11
One NightThe power went off / The street was dark and quiet / One single star shines.
@_Aishu3
10
THE BURNING CANDLEThe candle burns, and so does the moth. / For those who love / shall be consumed by love.
@ZainabSiddiqui8
10
NeurodiversityNeither more nor less / Beautiful, unique, human / Embrace difference
@mkohnen3
10
I Think Of YouI can’t help / Letting you shape my thoughts, / Whatever they may be-
@AbbottJHardison10
9
UntitledOnly in a room full of idiots / your wisdom will be despised
@mdpoetry2
9
true frienda true friend will / never hurt you / break you
@deadpizza6
7
- D.D.D. -What am I to you? / A name to be buried, a story rewritten, / a mistake to be crossed out?
@PenumbraPoet24
6
Give it awayI have many regrets / But not walking down the aisle isn't one of them / If having children out of wedlock is a sin
@kim-johanna-baker20
6
NostalgiaBut it was the past / And I didn’t care too much / I had my chance
@we-are-stories13
5
Snow and Moss (2026)Wǔxíng Category: Earth (土) / 3-xx / The mountains of Jiǔzhàigōu hold the morning in a basin of stone,
@Liujiawen202438
5
Elegy for the Drying SeaUrmia, the land of hyacinth & lilies, / The crown jewel flower amongst all cities. / Factories full of sugar, plenty lands pleasant & serene;
@AtaHH21
5
Bridges should unite peopleBetween paradise and us / there's a river—it's so wide / nobody can swim to the other side.
@Shattentraumer33
4
FOOLA smile is rare among the crowd / even the sky has a gloomy shroud / colorful flowers replaced with concrete gray
@vishkun15
3
Let It BeSomehow, / somewhere between the hurt / and the holding on,
@aliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_22
3
MUSEExclusive company / I write your name / In the clouds above my bed
@Jaybird742
3
Sydney (Poetry In Human Form)The first time I met her, I was mesmerized. / She was poetry in human form. / Sydney was her name—let me tell you,
@JosephCousineau21
3
white floweroh my, a white flower. / pale as snow and oh so pure / that even the devils cower
@ducking18
3
Westbound DreamsOnce on a beautiful day, / I sat under an ethereal evening, / Sitting on my favourite chair,
@Parisha-28
2
Chapped LipsWhat is more convincing / A persuasive personality / That shines a spotlight
@MykesCastillo21
2
im a little tired, i think ill turn in for the nightin the time that you see this i will be asleep in the bed all tied up in my thoughts like you said that i would and you always have been right that eventually i wouldnt stand in this fight and thats always been true thats always been you and you know what to do to make this all go through so just say those "nice" words to the back of my head sleeping soundly on top of my pillows of dread dreaming that the sounds like my heart would be / dead. / i dont want to hear it anymore i dont want to hear it anymore i dont want to hear it anymore i dont want to hear it anymore
@we-are-stories17
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