If you are a serious writer/poet don't waste your time on this site. It's a social club where too many users only seek to gain followers by following other users, have their profile page decorated with childish ribbons from entering foolish contests, and give comments on poems that are meaningless "required" comments that non paying members must give in order to post a poem. In addition, I reported a user that made horribly inappropriate comments on one of my posts, including profanity, and the site management took no action. There's more but I'll spare AllPoetry from further criticism at this time. But, once again, don't waste your time posting anything on the site.
Below is a screenshot of my complaint to AllPoetry moderator. It was submitted April 9,2024.
The owner of the website Kevin is a left wing liberal $#*!.
Completely dismissed the harassment and trolling bull$#*! I had to deal with another member talking about me and my family, because of his political views he was defending the other member & the "Palestinian conflict"
I am getting lots of feedback as a new user. If your poetry is good, you will get noticed. However make an effort to contribute too as more people will read your poetry and make friends. Thousands of poems get posted each week so make yours stand out.
I got AP probably before 6 and halve years before, then i started to read poems to ease my lone wretched mind on street life; now i am in it to invent more than 165 poetry styles and to promote all to the world, probably not but surely became the only poet of the world by my inventions. AP is my beloved university.
The site wants your poems. It has a way of getting you like 3 reviews for each piece. It also has a "picked" category everyday,..., but it will never be one of your poems. I waited almost half a year and nothing. Suffiice to say its very guided towardds what KEVIN sees as fitting. Screw that dude - put your poetry somewhere it is appreciated. - Dont even reply Kevin, I already know you are a loser.
First, we don't advertise this site, so the only reviews here are disgruntled users. Free members need to add 2 comments for each poem they add, to help folks stay interactive vs. just dumping 1,000 poems and crying about not getting any comments.
Poems shown on the front page do need to be "very good" - most of our front page poems are chosen by a community member that changes every two weeks. With 50,000 members online every 2 weeks, front page poems are pretty rare for most people. Sorry that everyone can't get an award always.
Well, I started out using this site back in 2013 and, well, there's a reason WHY I don't visit the site as much. The only reason this review comes with 2 star rating is because of nostalgia.
IDK who need to hear this but it would be much appreciated if they stop trying to force users to interact with one another. People come on the website to post their poems and, possibly, get some interaction, however, forcing it is NOT a way to go. Worse still is that they force you interact to be able to post more poems. And that's not getting into how much a premium membership is ($180 per year).
Also, I don't appreciate getting emailed naggy "reminders" to use the site. There's a reason why I'm scarce on this site.
Really, there are far better websites for one to post poetry.
This site has had me grow so much in poetry. If users give me obsolete comments, I ignore them, which leaves the really good, thorough critiques and comments left. People complain about such, but all sites have people only there for points. But what matters is that there are those who will give you good feedback nevertheless, on AllPoetry.com.
Your are the most picked one always carrying my poetry.!
Somebody can easily write a poem with his emotional state of mind.
Go beyond the society and culture as well as any situation in life.
Fulfill the desire of hearts core.
I have been threatened by someone on there who said they'd kill me. I've been sexually harassed on there and people write a lot about lucifer on there calling themselves Satan and people are always stalking you on it and you can make more than one account for the same person under a different name and once caught they delete the profile. This has been going for years. Of all the poets they claim to have on their site, you get no feedback they just rate your poem from 1-6 and barely anyone reads your writings.
Sorry you had a bad experience with a user. That poem is definitely disturbing but how could you tell it was meant "at" a particular person? We are a moderated site, so please let us know with example links if something like this happens ( it's VERY rare!) via the gear icon at the top right -> contact us. We don't do poem "ratings" with 1-6 so no sure what you mean by that. You can rate comments, though.
I read the reviews here and joined this site just to reply to a few people who are out of touch with reality. Points are used to host contests if you so desire or to give to people who took the time to give you a good critique on your poem. Memberships do not cost money, I became a paid member just to say thank you for all the wonderful free writing courses I have taken, and years of helping me stay balanced. There are narrow minded and sometimes stupid people here, but I have met even more caring intelligent people with a fresh point of view. And I am in awe of the quality of poems you can find here. If you want your poetry to improve or just want to read some great poems you will love this site and it's many wonderful perspectives with a very helpful staff..
AllPoetry ( allpoetry.com) Is a wonderful place to learn and grow as a poet. It's huge knowledge base, is my go to, when I want to learn something new. Its members are warm and welcoming and its never ending supply of contest's and groups is enough to keep any writer focused and engaged for a very long time. I have been a member for well over ten years.Not a day goes by that I don't spend some time there, reading and sharing with other poets. Anita L.
Thanks for your warm words Anita and thanks for being a part of such an awesome community. We appreciate you :)
What looked promising, ends up like all other too good to be true's. They just want your money. But you don't find that out til you've spent an hour writing a poem... lol crock of crap. Ill stick to the old notepad method, this site pissed me off so bad now I'm going to go write a poem about it!
Hmm, we've worked carefully to make sure all the important features are available on the free membership - and indeed many/most of our members are free. You only need to subscribe if you want to add images or use a custom font, or can't be bothered to make the two comments when you post a poem. Sorry if you had a bad experience and for any confusion!
I've been submitting poems to AllPoetry for two years. AllPoetry
Encourages and motivates through its user contests where points are
Awarded. The points enable other writers to hold contests. I haven't
Ever experienced any of the negatives other writers complain about.
Sometimes I buy a Silver membership (which is quite reasonable) and
Never have had trouble cancelling and restarting it. Sure, it would be
Nice to receive more constructive criticism in the comments, but since
Most people on there are probably "amateurs" like myself, we don't feel
Qualified to be too critical. If you just want to have fun, have your
Voice heard by a few other writers, and be encouraged and motivated, AllPoetry is good site for you. It is also the most user friendly writers site I've visited.
As for the site. I like the layout itself. Functionality an A+ for a writers platform. Socially it has weak points as people can access others without having proper credentials. It's basically a non credited writers social site somewhat like Facebook or MySpace. Many users are stalkers and target female writers as I heard stories. There is a dominant majority who bully and act as if they are in competition. The group of bully's and stalkers tend to be political affiliated, causing fights and other issues. To finish this review off. Half of the people can't write. Have no writing scheme are self published and to top it off they can't even spell.
I've posted some poems to AllPoetry and it's been OK. I feel like there are better more active writing groups out there. It's more of a social networking site than anything else. But nothing terrible.
We're by far the largest, but that's not always the best thing. Some of the best small groups on allpoetry get full sometimes and aren't accepting new members. For me the best kind of feedback comes from a dedicated group where the same people review each others poems each week - you can find that at a local poetry group, or in some of the small groups on allpoetry. There's also a "Trade comments" feature but it's not as good as making good long-term connections...
So far (in three months)I have had a positive experience. I mainly wanted to see if I really was a poet or not. I've decided after posting over 20 poems that I will pursue writing it. I've only had one sarcastic review which was I suppose an attempt at being witty. I think it is important though to belong to a group of friends on the site.
Don't bother with this site. Every day they try to scam you into buying some online bull$#*! merchandise and when you refuse to do so by speaking your mind the mods make up excuses to ban you.
If you are serious about poetry make yourself a favor and look somewhere else!
I suspect the issue was the "speak your mind" part, were you attacking a moderator? That will get you a warning then a 3-day ban per our rules if it continues.
99% of our poets are free members and we offer all members the same great support. There's not much to the "merchandise" besides the support-the-site memberships, and we try not to be too aggressive about promoting them.
Been with AP for about 3 years, you can publish and use the site without a membership. Good site but I feel like my poems get lost amongst the masses and others generally only see your poems if you comment heaps on others or generate a large following that actually reads your stuff.
This site is full of liars who allow bullying. My request when someone sent me nasty messages because she didn't win a contest I held were ignored when I said I felt bullied by it and I was told this person had every right to do what she did. I have now brought this case to others because in the day and age cyber bullying is to be take seriously not ignored.
We only got one report from you - that she said your dislike of her poem was "bullshit". Totally rude, but not harassment. I asked several times if she'd contacted you any further, but you said that you were just upset about the original comment and that "people shouldn't be allowed to say things like that". You contacted us again requesting that she be banned 1,2, and 3 months later. We try to avoid censorship, so I tried to explain that being rude to you once wasn't harassment and that you should add her to your ignore list.
Again, I'm sorry we didn't see eye to eye on this. From your complaint here, it seems you're now saying she contacted you multiple times - if this is the case, please feel free to message me on the site with where and I'll take another look.
Great place to share original works with other and to also get feedback and comments from them. I recommend membership to anyone who maybe wants to test the waters before possibly perusing the world of publishing.
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This user started a flame war with another user & both got in trouble about it. Their comments to us and the other user were all in the lines they mention ("Go fuck yourself") and completely inappropriate.