poetry.com?

Johnnie Pummill: It just something poetry.com come says to anyone who sent a poem too. Trust me, I been in poetry.com for a year and so have my friends...it just a thing they say to make ya feel better.

Coralie Goldsberry: The responder above me is absolutely correct. They are a vanity press, meaning you pay them to publish your poem/s. They tell you that you have talent, that your poem has been selected, etc., etc., etc., and it all serves to boost your ego so that you'll more likely pay the price to have your poem published in a hard cover book. That being said, if you really want to see your poem in a hard cover book alongside other poems and poets, then pay the fees and they will deliver a handsomely bound book and I can almost guarantee your poem will the be first one in the book. They do this to promote their company and so you are more likely to order more books and will feel some degree of pride in having your poem listed first. Face it, there's nothing! wrong with self-publishing as long as you do it with your eyes open and understand that you got your poem published because you paid to have it published, not because it will win any awards. To those who have never been published in a hard cover book, it's worth trying at least once. To those who want to be published based on merit, then don't pay the fees and delete any emails you receive from them (and there will be many). Just don't be fooled by the hype...that's all....Show more

Terresa Tsasie: Yes.. i concur.. the whole thing is a ploy to get you to spend money to attend their "poetry awards show." Don't fall for it bookey!

Magda Vandergriend: complex issue. look onto google and yahoo. that could actually help!

May Stands: Oh no! You have been scammed. Poetry.com accepts and publishes everyone's poetry. If you send them money (for a book or something), then they will steal it.

Serita Hefferon: Poetry.com is what is called a vanity publishin! g company where they try to get poets to pay them to publish t! heir poems. Everyone who submits a poem gets the same response. Soon they will send you information on their book and how to get you poem in the next one. Try this...write the most ridiculous poem you can think up, no rhyme, no meter, nonsense words and submit it. You'll get the same response. I know because I did it.