April 30, 2026

Winners
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like this hereI thought you would burst / from unexploded laughter / when my ten-year-old self
@joel-m-frye29
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Ophelia, RewrittenThey said I drowned, / but the truth is softer: / I laid myself down like an offering.
@Kiernan51526
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I carry you with meThis pain that I feel inside of my heart / I have endured for far too long / It is only with you that I feel free
@MidnightVerse20
31
Act of CreationEvery day / I knock at your door / get up,
@Agnes-de-Lodz15
31
SnapshotThe abandoned house / smelled like a garbage dump. / There were holes in the floor
@thomas-w-case57
29
we do not knowI wade through this acid city / tracing the ghost print of your steps / you move forward and a reckless wind follows you
@irinia13
29
ReflectionStarting the day with a vision, / a body that finally feels like home, / while measuring yourself against others,
@Pink-pulse22
26
5th Grade GirlAcross the initialed table, / thin-limbed within / a pink NKOTB sweatshirt,
@EvanS28
25
WarI once dreamt a dream, / where I stood watching / and I saw widows crying, children dying.
@Lilyxpoetry14
24
Dishwater DreamsFive bucks an hour. / Scrubbing filth from steel. / Hands shaking.
@Twc13
24
Secret PassagePetal lips unfurl, / aches of release— / a dying breath,
@flame-heart19
24
Some Stars Still WatchYou once looked at me / as if I hung the stars / above your sleep.
@IngaPinkink13
21
ExpectorantSee a doctor. / Tell him the cough wakes you / three, four times a night.
@Kiki-Dresden18
20
Every nightEvery night I lay in bed, thinking, / Of the stars i did not reach. / Thinking of the words I did not speak.
@Lilyxpoetry15
19
Safety in Numbers (Curated)⭐ THE POLISHED SELF™: “Safety in Numbers (Curated)” (Part III) / (Another layer of the curated self – the version designed to be seen, not known.) / “Thanks for coming –
@VerseBuster89
19
Ebola (Tanka)Infectious disease / Fast decline no time quick look / Fear death Satan near
@cj-sutherland10
19
Pomegranate HeartHe was no good at handicraft, let alone tailoring; / yet never had he sewn his gaze so sharply, so precisely, / upon a girl of such elegance—
@AtaHH14
19
The Polished Self⭐ THE POLISHED SELF™ (Part I) / (Because even authenticity needs a little editing.) / Every morning,
@VerseBuster68
15
The Sentence That RemainedI only caught the first half: / “…if you could just see…” / Her voice carried a tremor
@VerseBuster18
15
I thought I told youI told you already / I hate myself. / I said it plain,
@Thirteen1440
13
ThreeIf I had / Three / Wishes, I’d wish for
@juliana66
11
Mercy? Don't. Make. Me. Laugh.I would pray, / But he's probably too busy, / Killing people
@AbruisedBrokenThing26
10
Where Shadows Come and Go(I Thessalonians 4:14; Romans 8:22). / (sonnet #whocares) / She 'vited me to Easter dinner. They'll
@JennyGordon17
9
Realms UnseenUnspoken words drift like dark whispers in the ether / Unprocessed emotions wilt like flowers in sodden ground / An emerald necklace can be no less of a shackel than a ball & chain
@kim-johanna-baker14
9
ShapeShiftersWords... / Mysterious, / Aren't they?
@Parth-Vij29
7
WordsThe words come to life, / with the touch of a poet. / Pen bleeds emotion.
@lynn-stillman3
7
Over Youyou smell of ash and cheap perfume / do you wish you had my attention? / funny how i'm finally doing better
@maxvictory29
6
Poems to fall asleep toI shared my poetry tonight, / Not all but some, / Bits of my lived experience
@jamesb20
6
I'll never see you againWherever you are tonight I want you to know / that I think about you every day. / I know that we had our differences and I am sorry
@AlanBaxter24
6
Hottest consecutive seven days since 1939The rain came / To quench the thirst, again, / Of the land;
@bekahalle21
6
JudgementAbsent are the facts, / within your rush to judgement, / led by emotions.
@lynn-stillman3
6
MetamorphosisDark circles, / Pimple scars, / Ambition at its peak!
@MoonDusk9
6
The Price Of RescueYou rescued me, / but did you truly? / Thank God, I am free;
@YellowRose23
6
In the Chamber of a RoundIn the chamber of a round, touch the walls, click a sound / Let feeling, grounded root together, syn in pathos found / We go to a Sympatheia experience the suffering to share,
@DarrellBaughn10
6
SongsA light and fleeting act of compassion... / when it touches, you feel a warmth. / A penetrating, heartfelt song...
@Parth-Vij6
6
CasualtyMental WardSomething’s not right— / inside my head it echoes, / like distant shellfire.
@ThePoppiesStillBloom35
6
BirdsongSadness is the bird / that no longer sings. / It sits in a cage
@beautifullybroken17
6
Because I have been fading[Notes to self]: / Do not let it submerge you / The habit of half-living
@Ayesha26
6
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