All Poetry

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 have been a member of AP for over four years and really enjoy the friends I have met and the inspiration that I have gotten from the contests and groups that are there. I have doubled my writing since joining and think I have grown as a poet learning new types ad forms of poetry. Plagiarism is one thing that won't be tolerated by the site and I do *******@CureC was asked to leave because of this. I was one of the people who found her poems were written by someone else and reported it so it was quickly removed. It is a good place to display your writing and if you obey the rules there are no problems. Like everywhere else in the world there are a few trouble makers etc but they are dealt with. When you disobey the rules you have several warning before you are banded. So if someone has been banded it is because they kept disobeying the rules after warnings.

I was a nobody. Nobody recognised me. But sir Kevin saw the hidden potential in me which needed polishing. I started as a beginner. I did not know the ABC of poetry. But Sir Kevin never discouraged me.He encouraged me with his positive comments.
Soon I started writing inspirational poetry and rose to get a name for myself Ek Onkar and fame. I carved out a niche for myself. But under Sir Kevin's guidance, I was taught to be humble which I am and everyone wants to shake my hands because of my poetry and I credit my success to allpoetry.it is an elixir which helped me fight depression and gave birth to a cure Hypoalgesic effect of using motivational words. Kudos to Sir Kevin for creating a One stop for all website

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

This guy deleted my poetry said he couldn't get it back I was too while 100 poems I rolled the site has many fans. He blocked and hid my poems. He took from my future if writing and my fans base. This site is disgrace. Use have copy write not that's my even in the label. I would not trust this site.

Everyone I've met on this site is very nice. They give a lot of feedback. They have poetry classes classes showing how to effectively give feedback. Poetry classes to teach poetry from the basics and on up.

What I like most about this site is they do not descriminate against Budding poets who want to learn poetry. They don't descriminate against whether you're gay, straight, christian, non christian... I would recommend this site to anyone.

Although at first I enjoyed my stay there, I soon figured out how people could easily harass you. Of course, one would opt t report t the moderator, which I did, only to receive a message "That is not grounds for harassment. Please add the user to your ignore list". Okay then. Subsequently, if you see the contests hosted there by various hosts, you can see the same people are winning everytime. It's not an act of envy as I have won a number of contests. I just wish the tick for the "Hide author details when judging" is always activated, that way hosts wouldn't know which entries are which. Lastly, plagiarism is very much dominating the site. You can literally see someone just copy paste a poem or song from another site and use it as a contest entry, and even win. I reported such poems and some have been removed. However, no action is done on the user. The user would just plagiarize again and I'll report once again. It's simply an endless cycle of reporting and plagiarizing.

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 have read a lot of the review on here and disagree. First about being billed after you cancwl the subscription. I go back and forth from paid to free depending on how often I use it. I have never been billed after I cancel it not does it seem to be a issue for others i have talked to. As for people being rude yes I have experienced some hateful comments crossing the line of constructive criticism to just pure meanness. But lets face it this is the world we live in. People can be mean. I have learned from many and I some suggestions I use others I dont. Its up to me. Now as for the free tshirt after a year of paid subscription, I want mine.

This site is full of cyberbullies. The mods do not take complaints seriously. It's petty and the favorites continue to rule the chatbox. Do not let your children on this site. The moderators and owner do not act upon underage sexual conversation complaints, they allow some members to break the rules, and punish those that speak out against it. I enjoy speaking with the poets, but the creepiness is just too much. Parents beware, not a place for children.

Terrible site and a disgrace at times. One of the issues with this poetry site is harassment from those on the site. The complaints board has this complaint about this and I quote an excerpt of this:

Author: NotWhoYouThink

Topic: Harassment with no way to respond, paid service

Date: Posted: 2011-08-27

"How ever the harasment is overwheming, they make up something or take something out of context as they did me and run with it, day after day,... though I am a paying member and bought months in advance as most do, a gold membership... You can not get these people to stop or get off of you. They do this repeatedly to people. You can join on a free membership and go the pub forum and experience this personally, no you do not have to write poetry"

Another issue has to do with the site also ignoring complaints at times and technical difficulties.

This poetry site needs to have more than poetry on it and needs to have something else called principles when dealing with people.

All Poetry more like all ho's please
Plagiarism galore fake $#*! people
No lives fatties that haven't been laid since
Kennedy was in office you have too kiss $#*!
To $#*!ty poets who steal others work that they would call being "inspired" read a book you $#*!ing lazy $#*!. Do not join groups these people are ball wax under Lucifers sac diseased gashes galore

Post your sit on other websites if you choose this site you might as well bend over and have Big Ben shoved up your $#*!

But hey if your a weak minded individual and love kissing $#*! then this is the site for you.

Nothing but a den of thieves a few diamonds in between

Watch the wild smile she is a snake she believes in talking moon who is afraid of the sun.

I've now read a number of the negative reviews about AllPoetry.com. The criticisms are truly about the users, not the site. Sure, some users issue gratuitous or vague praise, or mean-spirited criticism. Sure, with 50,000 visitors a month, a bit of user plagiarism may escape this site, basically run by one (heroic) person. And one or two critics weren't suffiiciently satisfied with the fact that anyone can post poems for free, as many as they like. But to not have to comment on any other poets, you need pay said heroic man behind AllPoetry.com, $5 a month, the price of a large coffee at one of the "artisinal\" coffee joints poets choose to patronize rather than the "evil" Starbucks. Again, I reiterate, I am no shill for the site. I am new to it as of a few months ago and have grown as a poet, shared poems with folks, and made a couple of online friends. If only most people were as contributory as Kevin, the guy who created such a societally beneficial service.

Horrible site. Horrible staff. Disgusting excuses from moderators about racist behaviours. Excuses. More Excuses. Plagiarism is rife. Private conversations are not private. Corrupt site due to establishment being the main problem. DO NOT TRUST THIS SITE. Gaslighting. Horrible site. STAY AWAY unless you are a troll who likes to argue about politics and are a racist bigot. Disgusting site where you are demeaned for your political rights and views. Racist site. STay AWay

The longer I was there, the less enamored I was with the results. It is unique social media site, for sure, run mostly by AI. Don't go there to learn how to write better poetry because no one bothers to give critiques, even if you ask for them. They are busy making short admiring comments and giving likes, so you will do the same for their poems. Hence members who have made 40,000+ comments and written 20,000 "poems." You can "follow" your fave poets. A kind of mutual admiration society. They do offer a couple of writing classes, but I found those also did not offer much in the way of insight into the process of writing. Same old stuff. AllPoetry has "autorank" which gives a numeric value to each of your poems, if you care to look it up -- all per an AI algorhithm. And what poet wants an artificial valuement of his very human creative product. There is definitely egalitarianism, which means anyone can post almost anything in any form for public consumption. That doesn't mean it is poetic, which is a shame. It does mean the site is fairly worthless if you are a serious poet. There is so much junk it is like looking in a city landfill for that diamond ring you lost. If you want to write, write for yourself. Take a university course in poetry writing and/or poetry appreciation. If you want a different type of social media that is nevertheless just as superficial as all the other social media, this might be the place for you. And, after all, it is free unless you want to jazz up the background colors or the font. Isn't that what poetry is about?

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.
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