May 18, 2026

Winners

The Boy I Used to Be Couldnt Recognize MeI asked my younger self if he still wanted to grow up. / He stared at my tired eyes and quietly changed the subject. / “Do we still laugh so hard we can’t breathe?” he asked.

@yorpoeticalgorithm14

#1

61

TwinWe will sit / On a dead wood fence / Air so hot and penetrating

#2

46

IsolatedThe deepest struggles I face / Creep up on me on days that / I am alone.

#3

35

Other poems

On PaperThe words being held captive on paper / Forbidden from ever flying free / Forever bound to the ink, in between the lines

@kittandmolly149

24

Come To Get Her_(with the twist: “Come Together”)_ / Miss Harriet Hobb was a difficult child, / Unruly in manner, unkempt and wild.

@Geof_Spavins41

22

Dissociating - RevisedI wake inside a borrowed skin, / A quiet haze beneath within. / My hands still move, my feet still roam,

21

Me, the Machine, and the Gulf Between UsHe sits. / Full of wonder. / Contemplating wisdom.

19

As She WeptWatching the leaves / Fall from the trees / Their fragile edges

15

Too Much Alike.We pretend we're okay / and push our trauma away / so that they'll see us in a different way

14

Flight from LoveI love what you see / when I look in your eyes, / eyes so bright and shining,

13

I Wouldn't Hurt A FlyHe touched my hand so gently that it was barely noticeable / I assured him that he was welcome & that I wouldn't hurt a fly / He didn't answer me when I honoured the True One within--

@kim-johanna-baker17

13

FailedI don’t know what’s happening to me, / My whole world is collapsing. / I thought I could carry your secrets and mine

9

Come Back NowDon’t Let It End / with curtains of breath / suspended

8

find meFind that sweet spot, between awareness and inaction / Out to find me? / search by the sea

7

Before Us AllWas there ever anyone like you anywhere? / A light that burned both fierce and rare, / A voice that calmed the stormy air—

7

THE MAN UNMIRROREDHe swaggered like a thunderclap, / all furnace‑breath and roar, / a Circus God of borrowed rage

@marshal-gebbie46

6

I LiedWinter left without a hushed goodbye, / Left me with frozen heart and scratches of bitter lie. / Taught me how cold numbs my palm.

@Thesilentobserver18

5

This Isnt the Poet Youre Looking For"This isn’t the Poet you’re looking for"— / I wave my hand and grin— / No laurel wreath adorns my brow,

5

A Gravitas in Your BlightMourn w/me a little longer in the sad rising of a sun / I have been waiting for you, gravity, spiced at a run, / Heave the full of substance in a depth you're present

@DarrellBaughn12

4

Certitude.Call no man happy until he's dead / Things we are all too young to know / Only the wise know they know nowt

4

You and Me at the CafeAt the café, / you and I sat together, / pretending to drink coffee,

4

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