this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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Poetry
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A community to celebrate published and OC works of poetry.
Welcome to !poetry
Guidelines & Community Rules
In addition to the general rules of lemmy.world:
Published Poetry
1a: Poetry posts should include the title and the author, when the author is known.
O.C. Poetry
2a: Sharing original poetry is encouraged, but it must be preceded by the tag "[OC]."
2b: If an [OC] post is requesting feedback, it should also follow with the "[FB]" tag. It would look like the following example:
[OC] [FB] Nothing Gold Can Stay
Feedback
All feedback should be given in good faith.
3a: All [FB] requests should be met with comments constructive in nature. It is okay to dislike parts of a poem, but make sure to explain why you feel that way.
3b: Feedback does not need to be extraordinary in nature. Simply expressing how a work makes you feel is often enough.
3c: Use the honor system. When you receive good feedback, return it in kind to another author. Everyone appreciates knowing their work is being read and appreciated.
As this community develops, these guidelines may be adjusted.
Formatting Help
Work in progress
To create a line break, use two spaces at the end of a line.
To create empty space, type .
Use four of these at the beginning of a line to create a standard indent.
UPDATE:
Some methods of access do not format markdown correctly. I am currently testing various apps and web interfaces to see what does and does not retain formatting.
In the interim, it is encouraged to post text poetry as you normally would, but to include a link at the beginning or end of the post with access to a website or image that retains the formatting as intended.
Other Poetry Communities
Poetry lovers unite! In the style of the fediverse, multiple poetry communities have arisen, and will continue to rise. I will try to keep a list here of communities across instances that are worth checking out!
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I appreciate the (original?) poems that you are posting to this community!, but it's a bit frustrating when they are accompanied by an unrelated meme.
Also, if these are your poems, please tag them with [OC] like the community rules require
Do you perceive that as a negative? I do it to help promote my art as the whole of what I'm doing is my educational (f)art project where I draw a specific type of attention to myself to teach philosophy, spirituality, and mental health skills. Y'know, I get the occasional person to raise an eyebrow and they go digging through my profile and I've done this for twelve years on Reddit and have a library of posts/poems and a book and stuff. So, the random person will find this poem and be enticed by the meme as it's part of something larger.
But I will start adding [OC], thank you for helping. I think I am in gnosis but really I have a diagnosis, which is actually just counterintelligence.
I do perceive it as negative. I've curated my feed to be free of this kind of meme, and so it was surprising to me when it showed up on the poems community, and then even more so when it didn't seem related to the poem that was posted.
I understand that it's helpful algorithmically to post something attention grabbing, but part of why I'm here and not on reddit is to try and be part of a community small enough that it's not entirely built on attention.