Most Nominated Poems
Poems that received the most nominations from their reviewers. At least 3 reviews required to qualify. Looking at results over the last year.
1
I am not the face you see,
Nor the body that you claim.
I am the whisper in the wind,
I am the call of the same.
Not...
2
Life is harsh to the one who consents to be touched by it.
Most withdraw early, erecting high, polished walls of...
3
Rooted in place,
too many things pulling at it.
Instead of being nourished,
it gives and gives.
It withers,
draws...
4
how many dreams
can you put in a jar
how many ghosts can you catch
how many waves
can you count in your sleep
how...
5
When winter turns,
The senses bloom!
You can feel it.
And your heart races too.
It is more than the new pollen,
The new...
6
The silent nights drape themselves around me
slowly engulfing me in a chokehold
as I drift away into a hallway
its walls...
7
You may not be able to see me,
but that does not mean I am no longer here.
You may not be able to touch me,
but that...
8
However it cooled between us, let it begin again.
Show me the room in you that I was welcome in again.
Your shoulder...
9
Goodbye my old friend,
You’ve slowed in your old age
You should know, your openness and creativity
Helped break me from...
10
"What am I?" I wonder.
I wonder if I am even a man.
I do not know.
I only know that I feel defeated—
to the marrow of my...
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