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May 15th, 2026
The poetic breath of humanity.
Poetry World #15 presents awesome new poems from around the world published in Wax Poetry and Art publications.
Edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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POETRY WORLD EDITOR'S CHOICE
May 15th, 2026
Atlantic Canada Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
Matriarch
by Kiley Bleich
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
Alberta Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Threads of You
by Diana Abdulhameed
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
Angela Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
Do Geese See God
by Deborah H. Doolittle
(Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States)
May 15th, 2026
The Most Famous Speech in the English Language Reduced to a Five Line Limerick With a Texas Twist
by Joel Kravitz
(Houston, Texas, United States)
May 15th, 2026
British Columbia Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Polaris
by Stephen G. Lloyd
(Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
California Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
A Poem About Nothing
by David Holper
(Eureka, California, United States)
May 15th, 2026
Colorado Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
The Fugue of Your Death
by Josephine Kelly
(La Junta, Colorado, United States)
May 15th, 2026
Eleventh Transmission Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
It Waited
by Michelle Brown
(Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
May 15th, 2026
First Nations Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
March 18th
by Cheyenne Sky
(Sarnia, Ontario, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
Ireland Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
The Sea
by Dean Monaghan
(Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland)
May 15th, 2026
A Divine Glimpse
by Simon Cooper
(Dublin, Leinster, Ireland)
May 15th, 2026
Manitoba Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Hummingbird
by Louise Maksymetz
(Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
Montreal Poetry Magazine Contest #2 – First Place
Nature at Night
by Susan Doucet
(Brossard, Quebec, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
Netherlands Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
A Painting of Smoke and Exile
by Zahir Turaj
(Zeewolde, Flevoland, Netherlands)
May 15th, 2026
New Zealand Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
This Too Shall Pass
by Christlin Edwin
(Aukland, North Island, New Zealand)
May 15th, 2026
Nunavut Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Beneath the Winter Sky
by Faran Greenley
(Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
San Francisco Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Intuition vs. Logic
by Brooke Brownlee
(Half Moon Bay, California, United States)
May 15th, 2026
Scotland Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Castle in the Sand
by Fergus Reid
(Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland)
May 15th, 2026
Toronto Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
Love, Too, Becomes a Crab
by Ani Bachan
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
May 15th, 2026
United Kindgom Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
You Made the Robot Cry
by Sibi Sidh
(Reading, Berkshire, England)
May 15th, 2026
United States Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
The Shape of Clouds
by Doug Tanoury
(Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, United States)
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Read previous editions of Poetry World:
Poetry World #14
Poetry World #13
Poetry World #12
Poetry World #11
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