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!
I always have a somewhat hard time reading Shakespeare. Not because of the language or anything, I'm good with that, but in my head I really get going with the iambic pentameter and so my brain is like "buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM" with the syllables, to the point of not really even following what it actually says.
Oh I never thought about it, but I have that too! The meter becomes distracting after a while. Like it's more percussive than melodic.
"issue" in this context means "offspring," by the way. "Burthen" is an archaic version of "burden".
As we are getting our first day of major snowfall here and I had to scrape ice off my windshield this morning, I had a different initial reaction to the title.
My absence has been like a winter...because when I showed back up people said, "Aw, not this shit again..."
By like February I am tired of it, but I find the first snowfalls magical.
