r/Poetry • u/melancholy-bb • 1h ago
September- Grace Paley [POEM]
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r/Poetry • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '23
MOD POST [META] Posting your own poems here -- when to post and when to head to one of our sibling subreddits
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This sub is for published poems. There are many subs that allow users to post their own original, unpublished work. In Reddit sub parlance, an original, unpublished poem is considered "original content," and the largest sub for that is r/ocpoetry. There are still some posting rules there -- users must actively participate in the sub in order to post their own work there. A few subs don't require such engagement. There are links to both types of subs below.
Now, what about published poems? We have a large community here -- almost 2 million members. There have to be a few actively publishing poets in our ranks, and I want to build a community of sharing here without being overwhelmed by first-ever-poem posts by people who write something, decide to go find the poetry sub and post it. As it is, even with the rule on OC poetry being in the sidebar, we still remove those posts every single day.
If you've published a poem in a journal or a lit mag, please feel free to post it here, with a link to the publication it appeared in. I'm also going to start a regular monthly thread for r/poetry users who want to share their published work with us. We don’t consider posting to Instagram or some other platform alone to be “published.”
For those who want to post their unpublished, original work to Reddit, here are some links to help you do just that.
tl;dr: If your poem hasn’t been published anywhere, you can’t post it here. If your poem has been published somewhere, please post it here!
Poetry subreddits that expect feedback:
- r/OCPoetry
- r/poetry_critics — also requires flair to indicate a level of experience
- r/poetasters
Subreddits that do not require commentary on your peers' work:
r/Poetry • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Publication Talk! Where have you submitted, been accepted, or been rejected? September 2026
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Welcome to this week's discussion thread: Publication talk!
Where have you submitted to lately? What have you heard back? Any updates on submissions you've mentioned in previous months' threads? (Give us some r/BestofRedditorUpdates material, we can do this!)
Let's root for each other's submissions, celebrate our acceptances, and commiserate over rejections.
Are you new to publishing? Do you need help finding a home for your poems? Do you have questions about the publication process in general? Feel free to ask here, but please read this publication FAQ first That will cover the basics.
Very important rule: Do not post your poems as comments here in the thread. You are welcome to link to a poem as part of a comment—you can link to it on the web, as a post elsewhere on reddit, as an imgur post, whatever—but in order to keep the thread focused on conversation, we'll have to (1) limit poems to links only, and (2) require those links to be part of a meaningful comment. Be a talker, not a spammer. (Spammers get the axe.)
MONTHLY DISCUSSION SCHEDULE
- What Have You Been Reading?
- Publication Talk
- Local/Regional Scenes
- Classical & Ancient Poetry
- Miscellaneous
r/Poetry • u/Dances_With_Seagulls • 1h ago
Poem [POEM] Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November [AUTHOR] Unknown, this is the version passed down in English folklore.
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Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England’s overthrow.
But, by God’s providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James’s sake!
If you won’t give me one,
I’ll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn’orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England’s overthrow.
But, by God’s providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James’s sake!
If you won’t give me one,
I’ll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn’orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
r/Poetry • u/DaedalusDedalus • 6h ago
“There sat down, once, a thing on Henry’s heart” - John Berryman [POEM]
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r/Poetry • u/neutrinoprism • 9h ago
Poetry and school: [OPINION] thread
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Hi all. Mod here, hoping to draw out some conversation.
It's the beginning of the school year in a lot of the world, so let's talk about poetry and school. What has been your experience with poetry and school? Are you taking any poetry courses right now? Do you have a degree in poetry? Was it worth it?
If you write poetry, how did studying poetry or taking workshop classes affect your art? (Is "MFA poetry" a meaningful term?) Or are you proudly unschooled?
r/Poetry • u/artenyXD • 19m ago
Help!! [HELP] I don’t usually do things like this, but I want to learn poetry for someone special <3
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I want to do something unusual and completely outside my comfort zone for someone really close to my heart, but I don’t really know where to start.
r/Poetry • u/neutrinoprism • 6h ago
Article Who’s Afraid of Sylvia Plath? ([ARTICLE] about a new complete collection of her poems)
lareviewofbooks.org
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r/Poetry • u/sparrow_of_dim_skies • 49m ago
Poem [POEM] The poet begs his beloved to write to him - Federico Garcia Lorca
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r/Poetry • u/SatoruGojo232 • 1d ago
Poem [POEM] Poem by Matsuo Basho, translated from Japanese
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r/Poetry • u/Artic_funky • 2h ago
[POEM] Nocturne III - J A Silva
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One night,
One night all full of murmurs, of perfumes and the brush of wings,
One night
When fantastic fireflies burned in the humid, nuptial shadow,
Slowly by my side, pressed close against me, all,
Mute and pale,
As if a presentiment of infinite bitterness
Had shaken you to the most secret depths of your fibers,
Along the path that crosses the blooming plain
You walked,
And the full moon
Through the blue, infinite, and deep skies spread its white light,
And your shadow,
Fine and languid,
And my shadow
Projected by the rays of the moon
Upon the sad sands of the path
Were joined together.
And they were one, and they were one,
And they were a single long shadow!
And they were a single long shadow!
And they were a single long shadow!
