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Fairly new to the site, but I will say it has a very toxic community. Saw a piece I like where a person started harassing and trolling this user, failing to give a decent comment. Multiple people called this person out, including myself. I also reported it. The message I got was, and I quote,"Bullying a bully is bad too". This site would rather protect a bully instead of applying the decent thing to do, like banning the person or something. If you want to be freely harassed then this is the site for you.

As with any endeavor we undertake writing has its pros and cons. Not unlike our daily lives we are free to make our nearly 3000 choices every day. Choosing a poetry site is one of these if we choose that option. That being said I chose Allpoetry 5 years and nearly 700 poems ago. I remain at Allpoetry because I found a family of people that are full of comrodery. I have since begun a poetry radio show based on different subjects.
This was encouraged to me as well as gifted to me by said family. I have grown personally and spirituality im ways I might not have without this online family supporting and encouraging me. I highly recommend finding yourself as I did with Allpoetry.

I make this statement free of any benefit except the hope I may encourage you the reader to give yourself at least a look at Allpoetry.

And then make the choice to remain in Allpoetry or keep searching for the real you

As a current member of AllPoetry & since 2012 the last 7 years have been excellent, brilliant staff & Kevin is nothing short of a great person to deal with on any area. Allpoetry is run well, is honest with a thriving community of writers and poets. I would recommend the site to any budding & seaoned writer / poet. 10/10 to assist, cultivate & refine your art. The feedback & comments are a big help, points are optional, nor is one forced to pay to participate. Allpoetry offers paid Gold Members & the choice to add images and artwork. Or a free area to submit your work. Competitions, group inclusion if you wish, ranking, & a suggestion bar to your work submissions. The system encourages you to read other poets & leave feedback, any poet knows reading is necessary for numerious reasons of both post & modern works. Free form poets are accepted. Nothing short of a fantastic site.
ASPAR A Sol Poet Arnay Rumens

This site should be called "AllPornography" as it has many adult writes from which young poets are not protected. It is a cesspool of coitus and may as well be deemed a pornographic poetry site; which is understandable why some of the below comments state that they have been on the site for such a long duration. Free porn.

Cyber bullying does exist. Those who have not experienced it, will say otherwise in the comments below and they sound like cyber bullies themselves as there is a truthful way in which to hand out criticism, in an intellectual manner. Gossip is rife at this site, cliques as well that gang up on certain members.

Negative criticism or critique is welcome but can be done so in a tactful manner, without mental injury; many poets do have some sort of depression.

Why have a method of reporting, if your complaints are not taken seriously? The site emphasises constructive criticism and even gives a template on how to do so; but as usual moderation is non-existent. The paid membership and the moderators being partial to their complaints, for and against them, is true.

I find it hilarious, with the site hemorrhaging poets and with so many negative comments; that there was a sudden influx of positive comments, here at sitejabber.

If you want a good poetry site where a youth may explore their thoughts and ideas, while improving their poetry, without falling victim to gossip and sexual predators, look at other potential poetry sites, instead.

I've been at Allpoetry on and off for over 15 years. It's not pay to post... you read and comment others. It's not full of bullies... you have a choice whether to socialise or not. You also have the option to block people. 90% are egotists throwing false praise around like candy, cosied up in their little cliques. But 10% are honest nurturers who are happy to help others grow.
I began as an amateur and through the honesty of others and my own hard work, I'm now a professional poet who mentors many.
Yes, Kevin is a pain in the backside. And yes, he owns the website, and no, he isn't the best poet... but he gave poets a platform to have their voice and be heard. It is your choice to pay or not. Same as it's your choice to tell blatant lies here. But just remember - it takes more than a man and his pocket to build a community.

I must say I am shocked by the reviews that talk about bullying by other members and staff. I've been a member for eight years and have never had a problem. You can get comments on your work by commenting on other's poetry. Some people do not take constructive criticism well and will respond negatively. Same as in life. I've never had a staff member try to force me into a paid membership. In fact, they give you a week of paid membership perks on your birthday and your anniversary with Allpoetry. I use the site because it automatically copyrighted your writing when you post it. Mind you, it still needs to be registered w/ the Library of Congress to hold up in court but just the copyright symbol is a deterrent to plaguerism and theft. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was I have yet to find a group that I enjoy.

Many reviews here are negative for all sorts of reasons. My experience was when I inadverdantly made out two paypal periodical payments, Kevin immediateley emailed me to that effect for me to cancell one. So why only three stars? That is because the review is my opinion, and I don't understand 90% of the way and content of poems here. I am old school Australian Bush Poetry where a picture and story is painted by verse, and it rhymes. I am not at all into what I feel in my mind, is disturbed poetry. For anyone else I would consider to be five stars.

I am shocked to see reviews about being cyber-bullied or stalked on this sight. From what I've seen, it's quite safe, I do think allpoetry tries its best to prevent this, but I know it's difficult to keep all the creeps off any website. Every website has creeps, I've met more on Pinterest than I have on this site. Just like Pinterest, you should be safe as long as you don't engage in mysterious private messages. Stop picking on allpoetry! Every platform has creeps.If anyone bugs you, simply block them. If it escalates, you can report them, and I assure you allpoetry will take care of it. As long as you don't give out real personal info and follow basic internet safety like any site, you should be fine. Personally, Allpoetry has been a very useful tool for me to share and improve my writing skills. It is one of my favorite hobbies. I love writing, but I never had anyone to read it! Here you do! You can build followers and trade advice. You can share your talent in an overall (from my experience) friendly environment. There are also fun contests to compete in! They only things I don't like are the auto-ranking and groups. Autoranking rates poems on professional similarity, and I feel like that prevents creativity in free-form poetry or silly rhyming poems. (you can turn this feature off.) I also don't like groups. One you reach a certain level, you are required to join a group to continue leveling up, but groups are basically just a bunch of people chatting about daily life, not poetry. But if you write on your own, allpoetry is a fun and useful site! If you love to write, allpoetry is amazing!

Allpoetry seems to condone cyber bullying from my experience.

If a member/ poet privately messages another member/poet with the intention to discredit and spread rumours regarding someone they dislike, this is taken as "just the truth", whereas contradictory statements are made, in defending the poet who sent the messages.

I blocked and banned such a poetess and as she had not blocked me, she was seen as innocent, although what she had been saying had gotten back to my ears through friends.

They have these functions to protect yourself and then bring it up against you, when you use them.

For the young, budding poets, there are not adequate safeguards to protect them from sexual predators on the site.

Adult poems are not moderated adequately enough.

Also, if you lodge a complaint against someone with sexual harassment, especially with gold membership, they tell you not much can be done.

There also seems to be a timeline of reporting matters. This site has drained me so much I deleted it.

@Marty N. You actually used the word heroic to describe kevin? Dudes a $#*!ing creep. The whole thing is pay to post. The merchandise is crap. The whole thing is just twitter with poetry attempted as a twist. Way too easily accessed by predators whom use gold membership to curry favor with the "staff." Alot of bots. Also they have some "algorithm," for autoranking based on word usage that is actively destroying classic rhyming poetry in favor of kevins biasedly favored free verse poetry, as well as discouraging and destroyong creativity. The site to me is a free tool to post items i dont wish to lose, and i get around the pay to post pardigm by responding to comments i get on my posts. And yes I see plagiarism, alot of it. Have personally been harrassed by many online stalkers which the "staff" refuse to do anything about, and have been even harassed by the staff for not buying a membership. Am currently working on hamdwriting what poems I wish to keep and will be deleting my account here. $#*!s a joke. Tried to say this with 0 rating but 1 is minimal. -10 of 5

Allpoetry is not a site for people who wish to write and read poetry. It is a site for people to connect socially, with poetry as a backdrop. It has several cliques, and if you have an issue with one person you quickly find the whole clique turns on you. It is heavily populated with stalkers and people who want who knows what kind of relationship. Certainly not one based on poetry. Many sexual predators inhabit this site (male and female), as was directly witnessed by both my partner and myself. Naked pictures were received via their internal messaging system, and a link to a pornography website left in the comment field on one of my poems. The answer given by moderators is to place an "ignore" on these people, but they have so many aliases and fake IDs it is impossible to keep them away. At the time of leaving I had almost 80 IDs on my "Ignore list". The site and the people on there have gone a very long way to contributing to my total abandonment of poetry. The only redeeming thing about this site is that it does not operate a censorship policy on poems posted, but gives the user the opportunity to filter out adult material which they may find offensive, without interfering with the creativity of writers. Maybe the issue is not with the site itself, but with the people attracted to use it to ends other than poetry. Either way I can say it is a very unpleasant place to be.

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.

Worst site for plagiarism and racist trolls. Site officials are useless. Stay away from the site it doesn't get much worse than this.

Words
I'm a Puppeteer with these words.
I mold and sculpt a stage
Where there was but a blank page.
And there on that stage
That I've created from a blank page
I begin my play on words.
My word play.
I display the vulnerable pieces of my soul.
I put the truth and my heart in it all.
The good the bad you'll see it all.

CMO

Allpoetry has been my home for posting poetry for 14 years this August. I was a little surprised at some of the reviews, because in all those years, I have rarely had an issue. Once when I did encounter a person with a grudge who was attempting to harass me, the issue was taken care of promptly. I have not experienced any issues with plagiarism on AP as I have on prior sites. Kevin (the owner) has always been kind and supportive to the members, even when he faced a lot of backlash when making ANY changes to the site. People don't like change and they tend to believe they can speak rude when they have to face changes because some are paying members. As far as the cost being extreme, I totally disagree. I feel the price is well worth what we get, not to mention, he runs specials frequently. You are able to use the site free of charge if you choose to do so. AP has given me a place to post my work with no issues as well as enabled me to make lifelong friendships in the process. The mods as well as the owner Kevin in my experience have been kind, helpful and professional. I plan to be there as long as I am still kicking :) If you would like a place to showcase your work, meet other poets and exchange comments and grow from the experience, visit Allpoetry and form your own opinion. Hope to see you there!

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.

AVOID THIS SITE AND ITS PERVERTED STAFF!
Truly dreadful site. I've been a member for almost four years, and up until recently thought it was an innocent writing platform, one where I could share thoughts and possibly make some friends. FALSE.
AVOID THIS SITE AND ITS UNTRUSTWORTHY STAFF. It has been pointed out to me that the administrators and owner befriend people to gain access to other online platforms, where they obtain information and begin to troll and gaslight the members for entertainment purposes only. Others are leaving the site due to this becoming more and more clear to the regular users. As for the plagiarism that goes on, I will be contacting online law enforcement agencies.

Been on the site four years, leaving shortly for the final time. The small groups on site with their dedicated members are its best aspect. Here you will find strong writers and great personal support to improve. Against that, the owner of the site will simply change parameters without any way to know the changes make sense. Width of poem windows, front page criteria and the list goes on. So there is a dichotomy of the good with the unfettered fiddling. Many can offset one against the other. I just got frustrated. Such great potential. But many have left and continue to leave and that slow trickle of quality writers has not been replaced.