The POM is a Place for Poetry
By: Christina M. Ward
Tags: Newsletter, Reading, Creativity, Poetry, The Pom

The POM is a Place for Poetry

Read, Clap, Comment, Share, Repeat

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For our readers, there’s been a bit of a shift in Medium regarding curation, therefore, I have removed the curated articles section from the front page until we can figure it all out. On a similar note, our editorial staff is working hard to polish and promote quality writing material for you. Our poets are contributing their work here because they love this community and feel their work is safe with us. We hope you love reading our poetry as much as we love creating it.

Poetry is almost a lost art. I don’t know if you were watching America’s Got Talent this season — but a spoken work poet won first place. We celebrate this win for the poetry community!

We hope you will continue to read and support our brave writers who share the deepest parts of their hearts and minds through their poetic works. Laugh with us, cry with us, look around this big world with us, and see it through our eyes.

We have poets from all over the world here and are a supportive community for poetry in all its forms. Thank you for being here as a reader and supporting our creative works.

Here’s how to support writers and poetic voices you love:

Read the poem or article. You can highlight a part you love and a little box will pop up. Select the highlight/pen looking icon and it will highlight the area you’ve selected. This lets the writer know — “Hey, I like this. Well done!”

You can highlight a part you love and a little box will pop up. Select the highlight/pen looking icon and it will highlight the area you’ve selected. This lets the writer know — “Hey, I like this. Well done!” CLAP — You can use the applause icon to clap for an article or poem up to 50 times to let a writer know how much you liked their piece.

— You can use the applause icon to clap for an article or poem up to 50 times to let a writer know how much you liked their piece. Leave a comment. Writers love to hear your thoughts. BE RESPECTFUL even if you didn’t like the piece. Otherwise, your comment may be ignored or hidden. We accept ALL KINDS of poetry here from writers of varying technique and experience and we want our writers to know that no matter their ability or mastery of the English language, they are welcome to share it here. Voices MATTER. Creativity matters! Our motto here is “Together, we grow.” And we know that as people read and experience poetry, they too, GROW.

Writers love to hear your thoughts. BE RESPECTFUL even if you didn’t like the piece. Otherwise, your comment may be ignored or hidden. We accept ALL KINDS of poetry here from writers of varying technique and experience and we want our writers to know that no matter their ability or mastery of the English language, they are welcome to share it here. Voices MATTER. Creativity matters! Our motto here is “Together, we grow.” And we know that as people read and experience poetry, they too, GROW. SHARE the article or poem to your social media. This allows more people to see it and they may want to read it too!

If you want to join and try out your own poetic voice, here are our submission guidelines. We do not offer compensation, but we do offer a place for your voice to be heard. Submission Guidelines.

Co-Editors: Samantha Lazar and Arjan Tupan.

Thank you for your readership!