2025 Contest
Theme: Into the Light
Long form Poems
🏆 Winner
Someone Like Me
by Morgan Fisher
They say love is patient, love is kind— But we forget that love also bleeds. That love got spit on, whipped, mocked with a crown it didn’t deserve...
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Hello
by Brent Fisher
Hello, Jesus my friend You have helped me to the end Sometimes I branch out on my own End up whichever way the wind has blown Places traveled just...
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Turn
by Lisa Fisher
I sat in silence, still and small, Eyes fixed upon the shadowed wall. A shape unknown, a hollow mark— It danced and deepened in the dark. Its edges...
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The Ballad of Grace
by Sean Fisher
She peered out from, with haunted eyes A scratched and dirty door. The cobwebs from the alcoved porch Feathered lightly to the floor. She glanced...
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A Conversion Story
by Joseph Compton
At Dale’s party one night I noticed with strife That one man did not laugh. At the slightly rude joke I told. I later noticed. With some disbelief He...
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Easter Glory
by Loni Hackworth
In the morning I reached for you across the cold cold bed And felt the emptiness instead... At lunch The soup was on. I called your name. Then waited,...
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Easter Poem
by Annie Compton
Bunnies and eggs aren’t the holidays When it comes to eggs The true story of Easter is light and dark It’s about Jesus not eggs, He died for our sins...
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Rechristened
by Sean Fisher
In the quiet ache of morning, 'neath the pale dawn's tender glow, A grieving Daughter lingered—near the tomb, with heart laid low. Bleak sorrow won...
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Rise
by Jenni Fisher
Tulips rise up through a cocoa-crust barrier In colors of rainbow, the more the merrier. Bubbly yeast has a feast, making magic in dough Fermenting...
Short form Poems
🏆 Winner
My Favorite Light
by Sean Fisher
The moon gave me a smile tonight, A luminescent grin. The sun saw me and slyly winked- Then tried to burn my skin. Inside my house the lights are...
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Hope
by Jennie Compton
Amidst the dark, corruptible things Hope is born silver wings Broke from the shell of innocence Nurtured among mocking pretense Grown despite the...
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Rebirth
by Jennie Compton
Out of the dry, dusty earth Living Water brings Rebirth.
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Younnukorns
by Olivia Fisher
I love unicorns, any light color, but Jesus is my Savior, and Jesus is better than unicorns.
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All Other Entries
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Bestie for the Restie
by Janessa Hadobas
Empty tomb He Lights up my life My friend
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Choose to Love
by Evan Fisher
Into the light to strengthen our might and choose to love the right.
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Grateful Glow
by Lisa Fisher
Gratitude is an attitude, just as light at night is a blessing.
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In Listening
by Matthew Compton, Jr.
In a dark abyss the stars cast their rays of hope my eyes bear witness From endless ages streaming, their joyful tidings have found me gazing Hearing...
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Into Light
by Jenni Fisher
Into Light Warm Happy Bright My favorite place to be
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Resurrection Spring
by Sean Fisher
New light again, longer days. Ah, the green, green: budding, burgeoning, bursting even. White rabbits lay chicken eggs and jelly beans while brown...