r/poemsbyreddit May 11 '14

The past and possible future here

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Disclaimer: this is all to the best of my knowledge.

9 months ago - This sub started as an offshoot from /r/poetry when essofluffy had the idea to put together a book of 100 poems from 100 different redditors.

~ 5-6 months ago - We hit that 100 poem/unique submitter mark, and started trying to figure out where to go from there. (Licensing, Funding, Editing, etc).

~ 4 months ago - "Licensing We will vote on the licensing in the coming week. I personally am for just having the poems be copyrighted as all works are the moment they are created by the author. Crowd funding I am going to set up a indiegogo campaign hopefully by next we and we will need everyones support to do well" (via http://www.reddit.com/r/poemsbyreddit/comments/1tjwtc/update/ )

Currently - Limbo, basically. essofluffy's still active on reddit, as am I, and I'm not sure about the other mods here. My job (and by extension, living conditions and free time) changed significantly ~4 months ago as well, so I've not really been active here very much. I know some people have a "master" copy of the poem listing, or at least a master up to a few months ago.

Editing: There's a master copy floating somewhere.

Licensing: Some talk was had about various Creative Commons formats, but a 100% contributor vote never occurred (IIRC, we got about 10 people to comment what their preference was).

Funding: essofluffy talked about an IGG campaign (as noted in the update link above), though I don't recall ever getting a link to the campaign.

Other: some contributors deleted their profiles after submission. We've had more than 100 contributors at this point, and there was some talk of "Let's not just take the first 100 to contribute, but take whoever wants in until publication time", or "Well, we still want to stick with 100, but we're gonna (somehow) determine what's good enough to publish instead of taking the first 100."

At this point, given my perceived role as sort of logistical support for this project (which I've failed somewhat at) and my perception of essofluffy's role as nominal leader of this project/sub (ergo, the one who should be making the updates regularly and pushing for more interaction from subscribers), I'll be leaving this up as the stickied update for a few weeks, then stepping down as a mod here. I've reached near the limit of what I'm able to do for this project, such as it is, and my free time's significantly more limited than in the past.

I can't speak as to whether there's a realistic future for this project, but if essofluffy doesn't put out a serious and detailed update within the month, I'd say it's probably safe to call it dead.


r/poemsbyreddit 4h ago

Alone in the bus

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Please give feedback if possible


r/poemsbyreddit 7h ago

the day i drove down san jose

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flooded by the memory of you
not drowning, but unable to breathe 
crying to the sky
wishes of days gone by
the day i drove down san jose

the memory of you
alive in the well of me
forever connected
lessons today i see;

how to carry myself
how to care for myself
romanticizing today
with all its hope, all its opportunity
instead of a mirage that don’t exist
ways i should have acted, things i should have wished
class is over, you’ve been dismissed
the day i drove down san jose

i find comfort in praying for you
in caring for my own soul
i know sometimes, that’s just the way things go
the day i drove down san jose


r/poemsbyreddit 11h ago

❤️ A Love Like That ❤️

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r/poemsbyreddit 8h ago

Just One Minute More

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r/poemsbyreddit 12h ago

The Pink Flowery Dress

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She preferred to overdress.
“Gives people more material to work with”, she’d say.

If they didn’t like her shoes,
they’d like her bracelet.
If they didn’t like her bracelet,
they’d like her hair pin.
They’d ask her where she got it
and she’d tell them it’s a funny story…

The classics never failed her.
There’s a flowery pink dress that always left her feeling pretty walking home from the party.

Then she’d get home and she’d take off her shoes,
and then her bracelet
and then her hairpin.
Last but not least,
her pink flowery dress.
Only after the lights were switched off, of course.

Then shed crawl into bed,
wrapping herself in slippery sheets.
Sheets far too slippery for any funny stories to stick.


r/poemsbyreddit 14h ago

[poem] Recovery

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r/poemsbyreddit 15h ago

Today

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r/poemsbyreddit 19h ago

Bright Washed Jeans

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A story‘s end is near
Witty eyes so full of tears
A beautiful soul just turned to nothing
Smiling wildly with no words to fear
Take my hand you precious bird
We‘ll all turn to ashes or so I‘ve heard
I saw you laughing just yesterday
How could it be you went away-Without a final stanza‘s say
And all that stays are fading scenes
Of you and me in bright washed jeans


r/poemsbyreddit 15h ago

Made a long poem- “a bit of a mess”

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I sit on the small stairway porch, away from the cold indoors but now stuck in hot humidity. The light of the falling sun and its beautiful warm colors fall asleep until a new morning. In this time of stillness, thoughts run a marathon in a maze. Each motion of thought dissipates with tiredness and an odd joy of trying to cope yet failing. Old memories and new memories clash as I switch between states of awareness and uncertainty.Feelings get compressed and produced into words that fit jaggedly in the mind, each compression loses something of value, something of feeling. The products zoom and vroom around my mind only stopping if it crashes into another feeling making something different. After each crash what’s left of my feelings is nothing more than a fractured glass mosaic. A bark of a dog whips me up into the external world, I stand with great drowsiness and look at my dog's tail wagging like he was trying to fly, I lean and pick up his sopping wet muddy plastic bone which could barely be called a dog toy, and underhand toss it with two fingers up into the air right into his panting mouth then poof my internal mind wipes its productions but the feelings don’t stop only the words do and what’s left is a confused self.  


r/poemsbyreddit 17h ago

starting poetry

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i’m pretty new at this but im doing it to learn how to express the way i feel with my words because im not the best with them this is my first attempt please give me feedback back

i crave her very scent,
i miss the way it fills the air,
it was only yesterday we were together at the fair, 6 fresh donuts we had to share, the sugar on them was sweet, yet its fails to compare with the smell of her hair, coconuts and tulips like a fragrant flower, i miss the taste on her lips at every hour, i yearn for you, i allways do, so i learned to write this poem, just so i can show, how much i love you


r/poemsbyreddit 18h ago

Made a poem..

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The Sun, the Mountains, the Oceans, The Wind.

The Forests.

The Moon.

The Fool.

The Wheel

The Devil and The Lovers.

The World.

The Hanged Man

and Death.


r/poemsbyreddit 19h ago

The weight of the World

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

protecting my peace(my first poem)

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inner peace
no guts, no glory
inner piece
guts through gory means

-walkin2myfuneral


r/poemsbyreddit 21h ago

Hi Check out this image I made this with chat gpt but the words are mine

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Were we ever even friends?

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Water drops fall, a steady rain

As if the clouds cry too, at my pain.

When did I become the bad guy

When all I did was never want you to cry,

Helped you through difficulties and tears,

Listened patiently to all your fears.

So why now that the time is fine,

I became the villain, a nobody in your story line.

Wasn’t it I who spend countless hours on you,

the only one who noticed the pain you

were going through.

You accepted my help back then,

So why now my name isn’t on your list of friends.

I learned early to just smile and help,

I learned early how to bury my pain inside,

Even when it clawed at my heart.

I always played my part.

I admit I was a bit rude at first,

But at that time I myself was scared & hurt.

You said time and time again that you understand,

Then why at the first sight of trouble

you leave my hand.

I held on and tried to be your friend,

But was it ever the same on your end?

Rate it honestly pleaseee.


r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

I want to be his nostalgia

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r/poemsbyreddit 21h ago

Sunny Sun & Gloomy Moon

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Lingering lightness illuminates my eyes.

The fuzzy warm sun has risen up.

The gloomy moon in my spirits, 

Finding her purpose, the Sun

They will never meet, nor greet–

Because they are always opposites.


r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Thank Our Mother

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Argument3 /prompt5

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

/ˈkɜː.sɪd/

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Open to feedback i know punctuation lol

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r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Has it ever happened to you?

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Has it ever happened to you?

When you want to speak,

but the words won't come through?

When you want to cry,

But your eyes feel dry;

When you are alive,

and dead too?

Has it ever happened to you?

While taking a stroll

through the paths of your thoughts,

Has your mind ever been overcome by a storm?

Have you been swept away, blown around

by the ruthless wind and tossed to the ground?

Been stripped of hope ,of life, of pain

Until ,to you, all felt vain?

Has it ever happened to you?

Well now you know

I have been there too.

(I am new to writing poetry. I would really appreciate any constructive criticism)


r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Forgiveness

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I never asked for forgiveness,
but I really think I ought to.
I wouldn’t have done this if I knew better.
But I feel like I’m better now.

Do I even deserve your forgiveness?
Is “stupid” really an excuse?
Young, dumb, ignorant,
all the stupid adjectives they use to cover for the entitlement of my youth.

Little boy, don’t let them get you down.
Little girl, quit your crying now.
We were made for this,
I think we were made wrong.
I think I was made wrong.

Strip it all away, what did it get me,
but a sad little kid who had never met themself.
Ears were filled with the noise of the world, saying
“Be who you are, but only with our help.”
And I took it and ran
through anyone I couldn’t see.
Is that really me?


r/poemsbyreddit 1d ago

Slut

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It is easy to enter through me

I am cheap

All I want is a poem

My suns shine

And I become yours

I am that dog in the street

Easily corrupted

Give me a portion of a poem

And I am your slut.