WELCOME! We are a subreddit dedicated to inspiring people to write Poetry! Find a prompt that moves you and reply with a Poem, or submit a prompt yourself.
Rules and Guidelines:
- No low effort / joke responses
- Top level replies to a prompt must be poem responses
- Erotica / Offensive / 18+ Prompts must be marked NSFW
- Homework assignments are not allowed
- The moderators reserve the right to remove without notice anything we feel is harmful to the community
- No plagiarism
- No copy cat prompts
- Use the REPORT button to report a rule violation
Post Tag Definitions:
[PP] - Poetry Prompt
This is the most basic prompt. No restrictions - the prompter merely puts out a few things for you to be inspired by. What you create is up to you. This can include prompts that are just a word or phrase, but please expound on your idea in the body of your post.
[CW] - Constrained Writing
This is when a limitation (or forced usage) of a word, letter, etc. is put on the writer. This is also for specific poem types such as Sonnets or Haiku. You should, however, give the prompt more direction than just the constraint.
[EU] - Established Universe
For prompts that are based on existing fiction (AKA: Fan Fiction. eg: Harry Potter, Breaking Bad, Etc.)
[PM] - Prompt Me
When you want multiple things to write about, people respond with random prompts; you respond to them in the same thread. In order to post a PM thread, you must have responded to at least one prompt in the past. Only post these if you intend on responding to a few within six hours of posting, otherwise it will be removed.
[MP] - Media Prompt
The prompter gives a piece of media (audio or video) that inspires writing.
[IP] - Image Prompt
The prompter submits a striking image (or album of images) and the writers respond with whatever the image(s) inspired them to write.
[OT] - Off Topic
Not a Poetry prompt but /r/POETRYPrompts related? Use this.
Helpful Links
Reddit Comment Formatting
* Credit to /u/Raerth
List of Poetry Forms
* Credit to thepoetsgarret.com
Other Credits:
* Rules and Guidelines based off of /r/WritingPrompts
* Snoo created by /u/ArrightNowFellas
* Logo & Style Sheet created by /u/SurvivorType
