May 2, 2026

Winners
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The Plants We Kept BuyingThere was a period / when we kept buying plants / as if the apartment
@SandyNY80
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VitaminsEvery morning / my father takes seven different vitamins / with the concentration
@SandyNY28
18
- Cardio Myopathy (A Love Note) -No, I didn’t eat enough protein today--- / the eggs sat shy in their carton, / the chicken stayed frozen in its silver coat.
@PenumbraPoet27
17
The Vanishing Act (System Log)⭐ THE POLISHED SELF ™: “The Vanishing Act (System Log)” (part V) / [System Log: 00:00] / Initialization complete.
@VerseBuster81
13
I am amiss without youmy mist expires in your atmosphere / linen sheets adhere / around my throat, no fear
@Snaring-Snowshoes41
13
Ragged FeathersHope is that little wild thing, / furry and fragile, / that sits on a shelf behind your heart,
@thomas-w-case34
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Believe In MeI want to lay you down in a bed of roses / look deep into your eyes and whisper into your ear / every thought that crosses my mind
@AlanBaxter28
12
The ElevatorFor three weeks / the elevator in my building / made a sound
@SandyNY35
11
ParsimonyIt's often that the biggest of problems require the smallest of solutions. / What if we say so to fit our delusions, / What if we all live in an illusion,
@Hazel_Dusk4
11
The Small WarsI wake to the ache in my bones, / the muscle spasms in my back, / a quiet coup under my flesh.
@Twc52
8
Search MeSearch me O God, / For I am ash, / Sift through my ways for I am all but dust,
@bekahalle5
8
The SuitcaseThe suitcase stood in the hallway for months. / Packed. Ready. / Dust settled on the clasps.
@SandyNY20
6
Who Cares Who Wins?Who cares who wins? / We might as well get more, / for affluence is our biggest door,
@FregilGlass20
5
Your Heart Attack is Scheduled for 0800When I don’t know what to say – I write / This morning I entered the barber shop prepared / To laugh, “Make me look like a young Robert Redford!”
@lawrence-hall22
5
Written in ErrorWe are characters / in search of an author / to tell the story
@afrota15
5
Grains of ImaginationWhat was that I saw / In your eyes today? / Was it affection
@Rosita2621
5
It must be LoveI’ve been told I can’t love till I love myself, but that can’t be true— / because how else do I explain how I feel about you?
@akyri2
4
heart set on pilgrimage; notes-i left footprints in places where my heart dared to stop beating / -i had palpitations but i never ceased walking / -i saw everything, felt a deep Light that became a beacon of the Way
@mcdonald-tsiie4
4
FLIp ThE SwItcHA sample size / Would suffice / Simple fusions
@Jaybird782
4
Prayer For Peace (Om Shanti)***What the world needs right now is fellowship amongst humankind*** / ***And when the mind taketh repose, our heart's will once again sing*** / *Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti*
@kim-johanna-baker18
3
- Trigger-Warning -I built this thing in the basement years / when the house was a different kind of quiet, / with my father’s shrapnel and my mother’s
@PenumbraPoet33
3
- On the Fleeting Humans -The gods, in their long halls of static gold, / Grow weary of a nectar that never warms or cools. / They lean on amber balustrades to hold
@PenumbraPoet30
3
In Search of the EndIn search of the end, / I lose the beginning; / along the way,
@afrota13
3
PlacebosCrumbs of placebos, / so dear to us, / mark the path
@afrota24
3
Are You the Dreamer to My Dreams?Moonlight, magnolias, and melatonin / And the symphony channel – all sweeten my dreams / But without you, is there any point to dreams?
@lawrence-hall7
3
****I can’t make up my mind— / should I stay / or should I go?
@Faiths1320
3
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@ju3
3
Barstool BeatdownsSettling down to crack a bottle of brown / feul for this dangerous frown / swallow a half-glass of beat-some-ass
@Snaring-Snowshoes20
3
LullabyI don’t need someone to hand me the world, / Or diamonds and dreams all perfectly curled. / I don’t need to conquer, to rise or to sing,
@Thirteen1426
3
I Built A Home Out Of My HeartIn the soil of the eyes of the well / lies a water in the form of a red bell / tender to the voices of distraction
@yorpoeticalgorithm33
2
I was Buried in Mount SavalanI was buried in Mount Savalan— / With eyes wide open, sealed in a coffin; / Within the pitch black coffin, laid I— beneath the bright white shroud, stood you.
@AtaHH12
2
Where Shadows Come and Go(I Thessalonians 4:14; Romans 8:22). / (sonnet #whocares) / She 'vited me to Easter dinner. They'll
@JennyGordon17
2
The Fevered DescentYou haunt my veins like a cold, black star, / dragging every buried impulse / into the crush of your gravity.
@photodude25
1
Fairweather FamilyWhen I saw through your eyes / At your true desired prize / The deception we shared
@Snaring-Snowshoes42
1
- The Choreography of Pilgrims -The road unraveled like a ribbon / From some unseen, revolving spool. / I set my face to the horizon,
@PenumbraPoet76
0
Spat-Out VoicesWords never spent / at torment’s gate, / voices never silenced
@afrota13
0
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