r/Poetry • u/DoloresDarkmoor • 26m ago
Contemporary Poem [Poem] Late Bloomer by Sharon Olds
Shout out to all my fellow late bloomers.
r/Poetry • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '23
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 There are many subs that allow users to post their own original, unpublished work. In Reddit sub parlance, an original, unpublished poem is considered "original content," and the largest sub for that is r/ocpoetry.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.
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r/Poetry • u/DoloresDarkmoor • 26m ago
Shout out to all my fellow late bloomers.
r/Poetry • u/WanderinChild • 5h ago
r/Poetry • u/listen_joyiscoming • 5h ago
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 • u/lvl99trash • 17h ago
r/Poetry • u/bent_zamboni • 3h ago
Published in Seneca Review (https://senecareview.hws.edu)
r/Poetry • u/Yoaviki • 13h ago
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r/Poetry • u/Complex-Penalty-8279 • 6h ago
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 • u/lvl99trash • 1h ago
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 • u/listen_joyiscoming • 1d ago
This poem made me feel. And I admire the winding structure, how when I finish I immediately want to start it again
r/Poetry • u/en_le_nil • 18h ago
Donne believed in Heaven, but he seems more interested in undermining Death by comparing it to sleep.
r/Poetry • u/CunnyFunt9205 • 1d ago
I found this poem very dark in my teenage years. In adulthood, I find it even more disturbing.