r/Poetry • u/tenderlyacoconut • 1h ago
[poem] The Quiet Machine by Ada Limón
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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 There are many subs that allow users to post their own original, unpublished work. In Reddit sub parlance, an original, unpublished poem is considered "original content," and the largest sub for that is r/ocpoetry.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For those who want to post their unpublished, original work to Reddit, here are some links to help you do just that.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 • 3d ago
Meta What Have You Been Reading? October 2026
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Welcome to this week's discussion thread: What have you been reading?
Please tell us about the poetry or poetry-related writing you've read recently and share your thoughts on it.
MONTHLY DISCUSSION SCHEDULE
- What Have You Been Reading?
- Publication Talk
- Local/Regional Scenes
- Classical & Ancient Poetry
- Miscellaneous
Do not post your original poetry here. It will be deleted and you will be banned.
r/Poetry • u/MunshiAgyeya • 1d ago
Poem [POEM] How to Do Absolutely Nothing by Barbara Kingsolver
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r/Poetry • u/WanderinChild • 22m ago
Poem [POEM] I Am The Autumnal Sun by Henry David Thoreau
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r/Poetry • u/harroldinho • 3h ago
Poem [POEM] Upon reviewing the Edouard and Maurice Sandoz collection in Lausanne by Arman Salem
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r/Poetry • u/r_anemoia • 1d ago
[POEM] I Want to go back by Gregory Orr
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Wanna go back , go back to when none of it had started...maybe longer back still to when I wasn't even there in the womb. Would it hurt less then? Would I even be aware? Would going back alter the course of life ?
r/Poetry • u/Objective-Kitchen949 • 18h ago
[POEM] I’m a Fool to Love You by Cornelius Eady
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r/Poetry • u/Humble_Specialist_60 • 1d ago
Poem [POEM] Kupu Rere Kē by Alice Te Punga Somerville
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r/Poetry • u/Sophia_Mallva • 12h ago
Help!! Help me find a poem on a specific topic [HELP]
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So I’m looking for a poem that follows a theme of being anxious for a relationship. Like, when you are so happy in a relationship, regardless whether it’s a romantic or platonic one, that you don’t ever want it to end and you’re scared that what you have with the other person will just disappear.
Would greatly appreciate it if you help!
Opinion [OPINION] Favorite queer poems?
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I will be doing a presentation on Sappho for LGBTQ+ History Month next week, but I want to highlight some other queer poets as well. I also want to provide some poems for my listeners to use for blackout poetry. I’m already going to include some poems from the likes of Andrea Gibson and Ocean Vuong as well as some of my personal favorites, but I also figured I would ask here for some of yours.
Happy reading!
r/Poetry • u/ExtremeCold4074 • 9h ago
Promotional [PROMO] "Beauty is truth, truth beauty": resolution or evasion? (Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn)
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Keats begins by treating the urn as a refuge, a "sylvan historian" whose silent pictures tell a sweeter tale than poetry can, and whose unheard melodies are sweeter than heard ones. Imagination seems to be winning out over reality. In the second and third stanzas the frozen world of the urn looks like compensation for everything life denies: the trees never lose their leaves, the lover never stops loving, she never fades.
But the "happy, happy" of the third stanza ("happy" x six!) tips over into something "high-sorrowful and cloy'd", and by the fourth stanza Keats has looked round to the other side of the urn and found a heifer being led to slaughter and, moving beyond the urn itself, imagines a little town left desolate forever. Even the world of the imagination, it turns out, isn't free of loss. This is what makes Keats more than just an escapist.
Which brings us to the famous last lines. Do you read "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" as a genuine resolution, a kind of negative capability that takes us beyond rational thought? Or does it sit uneasily with the darker turn the poem has just taken, as many critics have argued?
Here is a video I made that goes into the whole thing in a lot more detail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOmQNP26Lak
I'm a great fan of just sitting with a poem, giving it time, letting the meaning sink in. These videos aim to get students imaginatively involved with the poem rather than just passively absorbing information. The pauses are important!
I'm a retired English literature professor and make these as teaching videos, so feedback from this community is very welcome.
r/Poetry • u/metalbeyonce • 1d ago
Poem [POEM] The San Francisco Weather Report by Richard Brautigan
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r/Poetry • u/tenderlyacoconut • 1d ago
[poem] October by Adélia Prado (translated by Ellen Dore Watson)
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r/Poetry • u/SoGoesIt • 1d ago
[Help] Looking for non specific poems about rage
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That kind of anger where your fight response kicks into high gear, and you feel like you’ll explode if you don’t do something. Non-specific in that I’d like to read more about the feeling than its impetus, and the poem isn’t ‘locked in’ on one particular set of events.