For instructions how to join, see the Poems Ring . Poems are kept in a public web-archive that allows visitors to search for poems. Posting your poem in that way will back up your claim for copyright, if any dispute arises later on. Poems are stored in a public archive , with the time, date and year of posting added. The idea is that all messages posted to the list contain poems.
Short notes related to the respective poem are welcome, preferably underneath the poem.
Such notes can elaborate on the poem, they can also give details about the author or yourself, and they may contain links to relevant webpages. Discussing poems and feedback to the author is very much encouraged. Hate-poems and poems of a pornographic or violent content will be rejected. Note that, if you now receive poems by email only, you can also get a member name and password at Topica which will enable you to change your preferences, e.g. to read messages on the web only or to receive a digest-only version by email. If you like to chat in public about poetry, about the way the list operates or anything else, sign up below and you will receive a verification email that you need to reply to.