Poetrycontest Stories

|| OPEN - JUDGING UPDATE COMING SOON || Tired of contests never having poetry? Well, that changes today. Welcome to The Slam Dunk Poetry Contest, where this is an awards for poetry only. It will have 11 categories, so plenty of chances to submit! There are no payments, so this is a 100% free contest. Participants will receive prizes just for signing up, though of course placements will receive exclusive prizes. So, are you ready? Let's dive in!

It is with great excitement and delight that we welcome you back to Versification 2026! With new ideas, structure and challenges, we are excited to see what this year holds!! Versification is a contest where we challenge the poet to write a new entry for every day of April. Additionally, it challenges poets to write in some of the unique forms of poetry in our daily challenges.

This journal is a collection of reflections, each capturing a distinct perspective of the writer's inner world. This section, in particular, turns its gaze toward her dreams-those fleeting visions that dwell between reality and reverie. Here, dreams are embodied by the poppy flower: a symbol of beauty and transience, blooming gently within the quiet garden of the mind.

The second volume of poetry for 2026. Sermons for those sick of it all. Caution advised. Read with care. No AI within. Anti-AI. Anti-capitalist. Cover done by yours truly and NovelArt. Monetize yourselves. I'll opt out of that and walk away from the human race.

❛❛ We carry galaxies in our mouths, but most of the stars are already dead . . . ❜❜ This is a collection for the muted ghosts living inside our heads. Every poem digs into the dark corners of thought, love, loss, and the little betrayals we carry every day. Grim, reflective, and unafraid to stare into the void, these words linger long after you close the page. 𖦹 𓍼꩟ ﹻ © Wattpad 𖦹 𓍼꩟ ﹻ © Banner & Cover by @mxtsuro 𖦹 𓍼꩟ ﹻ © Enmesharra ,, 2026

MELANCHOLY | MAY GARNER | AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!    This melancholy drips from my fingertips so slowly you begin to forget I ever existed. All of me - the parts of flesh you never quite learned to love slips quietly down the drain. I am waiting for the day your fingers unscrew the pipes, dig through the mess, scrape your heart against rust, just to find me again, so we can do it all over. Here, in these pages, I find myself. In ink pressed against my flesh, I whisper the sadness, the heartache, the decay meant for all the unspoken.    A Poetry Collection by May Garner. Original poems regarding real life experiences. Cover created on Canva. 2026. Melancholy copyright © May Garner. 2026. All Rights Reserved.

A collection of poems for the April 2026 Versification challenge.

An original poetry collection by SSears90. Prompt based poems written for the @Poetry Versification 2026! Featuring a new poem daily for the entire month of April.

This collection of poems captures the wandering thoughts of my mind-moments of reflection, fleeting emotions, and the quiet whispers of my heart. Each verse is a glimpse into the world within, unraveling the delicate threads of joy, pain, nostalgia, and hope. Through these words, I invite you to join me on a journey through the landscapes of the mind, where feelings are expressed freely and truths are discovered quietly. Let this book be a mirror to your own heart, a place where words come alive and the soul finds its voice.

not quite perfect as a piece of art writing but i can guarantee that every thought and feeling has been poured into it.

A collection of poems based on prompts from Versification 2026

Mostly sad but also some poetry about love, crushes, and overwhelming feelings of life written by me :) If you read this ily and God bless you <3 Cover Art drawn by ME 🤗✌🏾🫶🏾

Set of Poems to entertain you. © 2016 by CA. The images used in this work are for illustrative purposes only. I do not own the copyright to any of the photos posted. All rights to the images belong to their respective owners. If you are the copyright owner of any image and would like it removed, please contact me directly.

In Between Shadow and Bloom, I'm tracing the quiet spaces where becoming begins, those fragile moments suspended between who we were and who we might dare to be. Through a series of intimate, unguarded poems, this collection lingers in the soft tension between light and darkness: grief that softens into growth, longing that learns to breathe, and beauty that reveals itself in the most fleeting encounters. Butterflies drift through these pages not as symbols of escape, but of transformation earned slowly, painfully, and with grace. There is a stillness here, the black cat watching at the edge of the unknown, a bloom unfolding under a patient moon, reminding us that change does not arrive loudly. It gathers in silence. It waits. It listens. Tender and haunting, Between Shadow and Bloom is an invitation to sit with the in-between, and to discover that even in shadow, something within us is always reaching toward the light.. Entry for Versification 2026

Versification 2026 Poetry contest

Poetry Collection

2026 collection of poetry for the April Versification Contest. © 2026, All rights reserved.

In the deepest, quiet dark, I found these poems, soft words stitched together to soothe the loneliness resting inside my heart. -MiaElsher

Every beat, there are random words to discover and share. Let me bleed, not in tears but in my ink through prompt. I'll make it into a masterpiece. Versification 2026