A community to celebrate published and OC works of poetry.
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.
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.
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!
What an interesting question! I think it depends a lot on how we define "favorite," so I'm going to be roundabout.
My formative poets:
My favorite reads:
I won't endeavor to create a comprehensive list for those that I enjoy—it would be inexhaustible—but if anyone is interested, I can provide recommendations. Lol.
Thanks for the question! It's interesting to think about.
Generally, Walt Whitman, Poe, and Maya Angelou. And yeah, I know, I'm basic as hell lol.
There's a poetry place now? Phenomenal!
Picking a top three is difficult. I pick Eliot, for imagery and mastery of meter and allusions/historical webs of meaning. I love Auden the same.
At the moment I'm really into Safia Elhillo and Matthew Dickman, they're my favorite contemporary poets.
I credit Shel Silverstein for my earliest love of poetry.
As Scaldart said, I’m unfamiliar with Dickman, so thank you for linking an example! It’ll be a fun read this evening , along with some other new recommendations I’ve gotten here already!
Regarding Shel Silverstein: I think he deserves a lot more credit than he seems to get (at least in my experience). He’s a great balance of accessible to young audiences without becoming too ridiculous or grating. Personally I think he had a great talent. As a fun side note, I learned during a recent Wikipedia rabbit hole descent that he wrote the lyrics to Johnny Cash’s A Boy Named Sue!
I'm not familiar with Dickman. At least, I don't recognize the name. I'll have to look him up!
I just read his All-American Poem in April thanks to some librarians' curated National Poetry Month display. It's ecstatic, melancholy, silly sometimes. Check out "Grief" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150394/grief-5d0c057c36f0c
There is a lot to examine in that poem, wow! I love the last five lines-the tonal shift is excellent!
Oh wow. That is wonderful! I'll have to read it several more times in the morning. Thank you for sharing!
My top three are
Also an excellent selection. You know, it’s funny: I really enjoy Ezra Pound (huge fan of Na Audiart). And despite her association there with, I’ve never really gotten into HD. Would you have any recommended starting points?
I mean given you like Pound I feel I have to suggest "Epigram" and "Priapus"
I will be investigating those poems after work today, thank you very much!
I posted a poet spotlight about Marianne Moore, a contemporary of HD's, not too long ago. Also, HD was one of the first poets I posted here: https://lemmy.world/post/58034
I wouldn't say that work in particular is representative of her whole style, but she was very eclectic in her subject matter. If you dig into it, you'll find work of hers that speaks to you!
After reading Helen via your post, I’m even more excited to get into imotali’s recommendations after work today. I’m a sucker for the imagists and I’m also a sucker for heavy use of allusion, so that scratched several itches of mine.
As a side note, I see you’re the person responsible for creating this community! On behalf of all of us, thank you for doing so!