Poetry

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A community to celebrate published and OC works of poetry.

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Welcome to !poetry

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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.

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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.

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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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MODERATORS

Are you really a poet
if your words wouldn’t make Poe
jizz in his pants?

What even is poetry
a dead genre,
buried with Whitman,
cracked spine,
forgotten rhyme,
rotting in a library basement
beside broken revolutions
and MFA regrets?

Or is it
whatever spills out
when someone finally tells you
you’re allowed to speak?

Is it a soapbox
for your Marxist cause?
A protest sign
with enjambment?

Does poetry
have to have a point?

What’s the difference
between poetry
and a shitpost?

Is it the jagged edges?
Or the way
we sand them down
so the feed won’t choke
on something sharp?

Maybe poetry
is a shitpost
but with the sharp bits
filed off
by a workshop full of ghosts.

Is that what it is
or what it became?

Is poetry now
about not stirring
anything at all?

I’m really asking.
When I imagine a poet,
I see the standard-issue
culturally transmitted ghost:

Sad.
Possibly broke.
Definitely staring
out a window
at nothing in particular.

Someone making statements
that wouldn't be remarkable
if not
for the line breaks.

A banana
taped to the white wall
of a museum
is that poetry?

Is it all
just a social construct
in a beret?

I don’t know.
All I know is
I was told
to take this seriously.

So I’m trying.

Seeing
if poetry's
any fun.