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...
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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...
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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...
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Easter Poem
by AnneMarie 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...
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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...
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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,...
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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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...
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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...