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Poetry
www.poetry.com Internet, U.S.A.
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Poetry ripoff Do not submit to Poetry.com Internet
My advice to poets, submit your poems via mail to REAL publishers.
Poetry.com is a scam.
I suspected this from the start, but tested my theory by submitting a poem that wasn't even made from real words, just lumps of words like slkjgkdf aklfjdsl. I fulfilled their word count requirement and submitted my non-poem, and a few months later I received a letter saying the my poem was selected to be in their poetry book. Even later I received letters about some poet's conference that cost thousands of dollars to go to where I would get some sort of honor for my "acheivements" in poetry.
Cleary they don't even read the poems that they "select" for their precious book.
As a real poet, I've submitted to literary magazines rather than online "publishers" and usually you don't have to give them any money, just a return envelope with a stamp so they can mail a reply to you, and they actually publish your poem IF it is good, not just if you submit it, and they'll even spellcheck it for you.
Tracy
Beaverton, Oregon
U.S.A.
Poetry.com is a scam.
I suspected this from the start, but tested my theory by submitting a poem that wasn't even made from real words, just lumps of words like slkjgkdf aklfjdsl. I fulfilled their word count requirement and submitted my non-poem, and a few months later I received a letter saying the my poem was selected to be in their poetry book. Even later I received letters about some poet's conference that cost thousands of dollars to go to where I would get some sort of honor for my "acheivements" in poetry.
Cleary they don't even read the poems that they "select" for their precious book.
As a real poet, I've submitted to literary magazines rather than online "publishers" and usually you don't have to give them any money, just a return envelope with a stamp so they can mail a reply to you, and they actually publish your poem IF it is good, not just if you submit it, and they'll even spellcheck it for you.
Tracy
Beaverton, Oregon
U.S.A.
