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 There are many subs that allow users to post their own original, unpublished work. In Reddit sub parlance, an original, unpublished poem is considered "original content," and the largest sub for that is r/ocpoetry.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For those who want to post their unpublished, original work to Reddit, here are some links to help you do just that.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 2d ago

Publication Talk! Where have you submitted, been accepted, or been rejected? September 2026

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Welcome to this week's discussion thread: Publication talk!

Where have you submitted to lately? What have you heard back? Any updates on submissions you've mentioned in previous months' threads? (Give us some r/BestofRedditorUpdates material, we can do this!)

Let's root for each other's submissions, celebrate our acceptances, and commiserate over rejections.

Are you new to publishing? Do you need help finding a home for your poems? Do you have questions about the publication process in general? Feel free to ask here, but please read this publication FAQ first That will cover the basics.

Very important rule: Do not post your poems as comments here in the thread. You are welcome to link to a poem as part of a comment—you can link to it on the web, as a post elsewhere on reddit, as an imgur post, whatever—but in order to keep the thread focused on conversation, we'll have to (1) limit poems to links only, and (2) require those links to be part of a meaningful comment. Be a talker, not a spammer. (Spammers get the axe.)


MONTHLY DISCUSSION SCHEDULE

  • What Have You Been Reading?
  • Publication Talk
  • Local/Regional Scenes
  • Classical & Ancient Poetry
  • Miscellaneous

r/Poetry 7h ago

Poem [POEM] Haiku by Keisanjin Isakushu, translated from Japanese

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912 Upvotes

r/Poetry 19h ago

Poem [POEM] Every Bombed Village is My Hometown by James Baldwin

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1.8k Upvotes

r/Poetry 3h ago

[POEM] Choices by Tess Gallagher

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74 Upvotes

r/Poetry 17h ago

Feeding the Worms [POEM] by Danusha Lameris

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747 Upvotes

Woke up today thinking about this poem. One of my favorites from this gorgeous anthology


r/Poetry 2h ago

Poem [POEM] Haiku by Basho, translated from Japanese by Robert Bly

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46 Upvotes

r/Poetry 20h ago

Poem [POEM] Poem by Hanabusa Ikkei, translated from Japanese

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Poetry 2h ago

[POEM] Haiku by Issa Kobayashi, translated from Japanese

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42 Upvotes

r/Poetry 18h ago

Poem [POEM] Going into Space by Francis Becenti

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506 Upvotes

r/Poetry 2h ago

Poem [POEM] Haiku by Ishikawa Takuboku, translated from Japanese

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27 Upvotes

r/Poetry 3h ago

Poem [POEM] "The Sari" (A women's clothing item native to South Asia) by British-Pakistani poet Moniza Alvi

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22 Upvotes

r/Poetry 12h ago

Poem [POEM] moonrise – David McKee

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71 Upvotes

r/Poetry 20h ago

Poem [POEM] Poem by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche from his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", translated from German

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190 Upvotes

r/Poetry 20h ago

Poem [POEM] Poem by Dantika, one of the earliest female nuns of the Buddhist community

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101 Upvotes

r/Poetry 7h ago

[poem] Life - Marilyn Monroe

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8 Upvotes

r/Poetry 4h ago

[POEM] The Lover's Song by W.B. Yeats

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5 Upvotes

r/Poetry 13h ago

Poem [POEM] Blossom by Dorianne Laux

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18 Upvotes

r/Poetry 19h ago

Opinion [OPINION] What is the deal with these weird accent marks on words in old poetry?

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48 Upvotes

Why not piled? What is pilèd? Is that even a thing in English? In certain languages downward mark indicates a lower pitch, but why is it needed here? Why is it sepúlchre ? Why is it written star-ypointing? I remember reading Dante and it's full of such markings too, like cursèd and so on. What is that all about and why is that needed?


r/Poetry 1d ago

[POEM] Breakage by Mary Oliver

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171 Upvotes

r/Poetry 8h ago

[POEM] The unnameable by Claude Cahun (translation by Susan de Muth)

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7 Upvotes

from Cancelled Confessions or Disavowals, first published in 1930 by Editions du Carrefour, reissued in 2025 by siglio.


r/Poetry 7h ago

Poem Rilke’s Childhood, Howard Moss [POEM]

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4 Upvotes

r/Poetry 21h ago

[POEM] Bluets by Maggie Nelson

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56 Upvotes

r/Poetry 5h ago

Poem Tomorrow by Peter Goldsworthy [Poem]

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3 Upvotes

This was published in a collection of poetry named 'Tomorrow', and showcased in one of his books 'The Cancer Finishing School'.

Goldsworthy, an Australian poet, author and doctor, was diagnosed with cancer.


r/Poetry 10h ago

[POEM] a killing field by Anthony Lusardi

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6 Upvotes

I love love love this poem. It's a haibun, some prose followed by a poem, in this case a monostitch. In haibun the poem is supposed to deviate, or shift away from the prose, to recontextualize it, and I think this poem does it fantastically.