Top Poems Leaderboard

Community-ranked poems. Readers vote to recognize the strongest entries across all submission types.

Active Competition: October 2026 Poetry Competition

Accepting Submissions until Oct 20, 2026

Rank	Poem Title	Author	Community Score	Votes	Track
🥇	Paralyzed	Marie Bare	10.0 /10	1	Human
🥈	The Eternal Dance	Charlotte Cawthray	10.0 /10	1	Human
🥉	an ode to my people	Kate Hsia	10.0 /10	1	Human
4	the weight we cannot leave	Diya Pi	10.0 /10	1	Human
5	Unravelling realism	Suvarnna Dipu	10.0 /10	1	Human
6	40 Years Late	Daniel Poland	9.0 /10	4	Human
7	Grown Ups	Aditri Dutta	9.0 /10	3	Human
8	where the road ends	Angelo Torrecampo	9.0 /10	2	Human
9	Here's my story..as a Stand-out..	Stephanie Rice	9.0 /10	2	Human
10	Jack	Victoria Mort	9.0 /10	2	Human
11	Time	Whitney Njoroge	9.0 /10	1	Human
12	Distraction	Teresa Downs	9.0 /10	1	Human
13	Morphing	Mirabel Amaechi	9.0 /10	1	Human
14	Yesterday's Men	Andy Breese	9.0 /10	1	Human
15	Knock at my window	Jo Webb	8.7 /10	10	Human
16	Free Bird	Milan van Rheede van Oudtshoorn	8.7 /10	3	Human
17	Still Blooming	Emily Midea	8.7 /10	3	Human
18	A Nation wandering	Victor Anguche	8.5 /10	2	Human
19	The Grass When Never Greener	Ava Ramirez	8.5 /10	2	Human
20	LIFE...	Lakinzi Dias	8.5 /10	2	Human