Congrats, Hive account@raj808 and Hive account@katrina-ariel! I'll be sure to check out the winning pieces.

I am also honored to have made the shortlist. Hive account@vitkolesnik, thank you for putting on a great contest. Sometimes, it's difficult being a poet as I feel a lot of people are disinclined to comment for fear of misunderstanding. So initiatives like this are great to help get poetry read. I also love the fact that old poems were considered.

If you don't mind, I'd like to shamelessly plug my discord channel for those who may be interested. It is a discord server dedicated to categorizing and encouraging comments on poetry. It is the only server I know that encourages a lot of link drops. The only requirement is that you comment on two poems for every one that you post. It keeps poets engaged. If anyone is interested, come visit us.