r/Poetry 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 There are many subs that allow users to post their own original, unpublished work. In Reddit sub parlance, an original, unpublished poem is considered "original content," and the largest sub for that is r/ocpoetry.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For those who want to post their unpublished, original work to Reddit, here are some links to help you do just that.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:

Subreddits that do not require commentary on your peers' work:


r/Poetry 19h ago

Classical & Ancient Poetry Talk, July 2026

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Welcome to this week's discussion thread: Classical and ancient poetry!

What poems of antiquity have you been reading lately? Who are your favorites?

(Would you like to help bolster this introduction, and maybe do a writeup directing classical-curious newbies to some ideas and resources? Contact u/neutrinoprism and your words can be incorporated into this weekly thread intro going forward.)


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 26m ago

Contemporary Poem [Poem] Late Bloomer by Sharon Olds

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Shout out to all my fellow late bloomers.


r/Poetry 5h ago

Poem [POEM] In the Battle by Abu l-Hasan ibn al-Qabturnuh

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137 Upvotes

r/Poetry 5h ago

For a Coming Extinction [POEM] by W. S. Merwin

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72 Upvotes

This poem haunts me and I’m grateful for it.

“Tell him / that it is we who are important” rings in my mind all the time


r/Poetry 6h ago

Poem [POEM] Yehuda Amichai - A Man In His Life

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58 Upvotes

r/Poetry 7h ago

Poem [POEM] third deployment - Steve Hodge

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44 Upvotes

r/Poetry 17h ago

Poem [POEM] Song of the Anti-Sisyphus by Chen Chen

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260 Upvotes

r/Poetry 3h ago

Poem [POEM] starry night— – Yu Chang

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16 Upvotes

r/Poetry 3h ago

[POEM] The Wages by Rae Armantrout

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12 Upvotes

Published in Seneca Review (https://senecareview.hws.edu)


r/Poetry 18h ago

[POEM] l(a - E. E. Cummings

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153 Upvotes

r/Poetry 13h ago

[POEM] "I Too Am Part Of The Wonder", by Stav Atlan

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57 Upvotes

(see comment for a short explanation!)


r/Poetry 10h ago

Poem Body Remember-C P Cavafy [POEM]

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31 Upvotes

r/Poetry 1h ago

[POEM] In Muted Tone By Paul Verlaine

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r/Poetry 1h ago

[POEM] Ars Poetica By Paul Verlaine

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r/Poetry 6h ago

[POEM] To Some I Have Talked With By The Fire by W. B. Yeats

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While I wrought out these fitful Danaan rhymes,
My heart would brim with dreams about the times
When we bent down above the fading coals
And talked of the dark folk who live in souls
Of passionate men, like bats in the dead trees;
And of the wayward twilight companies
Who sigh with mingled sorrow and content,
Because their blossoming dreams have never bent
Under the fruit of evil and of good:
And of the embattled flaming multitude
Who rise, wing above wing, flame above flame,
And, like a storm, cry the Ineffable Name,
And with the clashing of their sword-blades make
A rapturous music, till the morning break
And the white hush end all but the loud beat
Of their long wings, the flash of their white feet.


r/Poetry 1h ago

Poem [POEM] “Ode to Elliot Smith, Ending in the First Snowfall of 2003” The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

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r/Poetry 1d ago

Poem [POEM] Mercy - Joy Sullivan

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Poetry 3h ago

[POEM] "The Other Life" by Raymond Carver

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4 Upvotes

r/Poetry 2h ago

Help!! Does anything rhyme with this [HELP]

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I’m writing a sonnet for my bf. I’m struggling to find things that rhyme with the word “cherub”. For reference, I have a south English accent.


r/Poetry 21h ago

After a Month of Rain - Linda Pastan [POEM]

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72 Upvotes

r/Poetry 1d ago

In The Hospital [POEM] by Chen Chen

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123 Upvotes

This poem made me feel. And I admire the winding structure, how when I finish I immediately want to start it again


r/Poetry 19h ago

Poem [POEM] Frisson - Joy Sullivan

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40 Upvotes

r/Poetry 18h ago

[POEM] John Donne - Death Be Not Proud

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28 Upvotes

Donne believed in Heaven, but he seems more interested in undermining Death by comparing it to sleep.


r/Poetry 1d ago

Poem [POEM] The Last Laugh, Wilfred Owen

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466 Upvotes

I found this poem very dark in my teenage years. In adulthood, I find it even more disturbing.