First off: I am so sorry for the delay guys! I totally forgot about posting the winners completely! Ugh, I feel terrible. There is no excuse for this mistake.

I have put up precautions so that this doesn't happen again. There are three alarms for it on my phone now (why didn't I think of this before?) so this shouldn't happen again! Sorry again lovelies.

Now, for the winners. But first let me say that I have never seen so many amazing entries as for this contest. You guys put your all into these entries there was no mediocre poem in the bunch! So of course picking a winner was very hard. But here they are (thank you for being to patient):

| TH I R D  P L A C E |

| Colors |

By 23s_Gal

She was a rainbow in a world of black and white.

She was as vibrant as the yellow sun. On a hot, cloudless day.

She was as feminine as the pink flower. Showing beauty in each and every way.

She was as kind as the gentle orange. Making people want to stay.

She was a rainbow in a world of black and white.

As her colours leaked out, people began to notice her. They noticed the vibrant yellow, the pretty pink, the soft orange.

As more and more people came into her life, the more people she began to touch. And the more people she brought colour to.

She brought a rainbow to a world of black and white.

The feeling this gave me was wonderful! I wish I could forget it and read it anew so that I could relive the chills! I want to know the person the poems talks about. Scratch that, I want to be her! I'm sure everyone else who reads this probably will too. Beautifully done!

| S E C O N D  P L A C E |

| Color of Everything |

By daydreamographer

What is the color of everything?

Perhaps the seven-hued rainbow

when the sun appears altering raining

or the darkness of the ocean below

when a submarine travels down low

What is the color of a friendship?

Perhaps the ombre of dawn

when sleeping over, snacking on chips

or the blackness of a betrayed bond

when bickering behind backs so many wrongs

What is the color of determination?

Perhaps the crimson of a sweaty face

after running a marathon under the sun

or the scarlet of disbelief after the lost race

when a one second difference was such a close case

What is the color of two lovers?

Perhaps the salmon blush after the first meet

when inadvertently bumping into the other

or the smeared rose lipstick after the first cheat

when the hearts become broken and incomplete

What is the color of a family?

Perhaps the brown of mud tracks

when a toddler is running with glee

or the white of paper that didn't last

when it somehow ended up the shredder so fast

What is the color of nothing?

Perhaps the white of light

when it's quickly travelling

or maybe the color of an finished fight

when the bruises change colors so bright

What is the color of everything?

Perhaps the seven-hued rainbow

when the sun appears after raining

or the darkness of the ocean below

but colors, they don't define everything, you know

I am such a fan of your poems, and this one is no exception!The nostalgic warmth of it, the rhymes, the rhythm, the perfect mix of beautiful sentences and the pictures it paints. Keep writing poetry, because your amazing at it!

| F I R S T P L A C E |

| The Summer I Lost Color |

By wordlessverses

This foundation is peace;

the warm and inviting aura of spring.

The day's opening and my thoughts craving some sort of form as I let my eyes capture each detail the light had brought.

My eyes recognize it as yellow.

This script is of sadness;

every drop of rain falling into the ground in the little town and every single damn time wondering when it would stop.

But we never did want it to stop, the rain always brought us clarity in the end;

and our wounds labeled it blue.

This lyric is among the heartbroken and shattered few. The days spent just reading the blank pages of epilogue, hoping to find something good.

The nights wandered aimlessly and recklessly, why not, we've got nothing left.

All I saw was red.

Red

Grey

White

Black

Black

The summer I went just a little too fast down a hill and hit my head, was the summer I lost color.

Only when I saw my loves eyes and could not see the blue in them did I cry. Oh I cried and cried

The green flecks that were scattered just as his thoughts were, I spent days trying to catch them again. Nights screaming for them and waking up with my mother running into my room crying because she didn't understand it.

The gold that wondered through me, opening doors and secret passages.

All I saw was grey

No longer were my flowers that pretty peach

White

I couldn't see what makeup I was putting on so I just gave it up.

Black

My piano keys hunted me sometimes. They still do.

Black

And then Autumn came, the world was dying and living all at once. It was beautiful.

I saw the leaves dance with one another as they cast brilliant shades in between oblivion and discovery

My discovery.

The summer I went just a little too fast down a hill and hit my head, was the summer I lost color.

I'll never let a day go by without taking in every single shade,

without saying hello before they all fade into grey

CHILLS. The story this told with your beautiful usage of words, descriptions of feelings and the hints to how things ended at the beginning made me fall in love with this poem. Gorgeous work!

| HONERABLE MENTIONS |

SmallBobInc and Complexity_

Okay, so your two poems actually made me consider making a tie for third place. They were phenomenal. It hurt to have to choose! Please enter more contests!

Congrats to the winners! It was soooo hard to choose them, you have no idea!

The next contest will be posted tomorrow morning!

Stay lovely✨