So... poetry?

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   Amy Naylorposted 8 years ago

   I've only ever written non-fiction stuff here on HP but more and more I'm noticing that people post poetry and fiction.
   I'm into that. Is it worth me joining in? Is there a wide enough community here for it to be worth posting poetry and stuff? Or should I avoid it to keep my hubber score up and my hubs relevant for the people who follow me for what I already write?
   There's nothing wrong with branching out right?
   I might give it a go...
   Who here writes poetry?

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      Prodioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I do. Many around here appreciate and enjoy poetry.

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         Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Cool!

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            Prodioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Who is your favorite poet (outside of hubpages)?

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               Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               That's a tough question!
               I'm a big fan of Philip Larkin (I almost applied to a university solely because he used to work the library there).
               My dad got me into Wordsworth as a kid, my love for him is mostly due to nostalgia. We've walked some of the areas that he has written about.
               I also really like Sarah Kay, she's a spoken word poet I found through YouTube.
               What about you?

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                  Prodioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Wordsworth is classic. Billy Collins (among the recent ones) writes 'good' poetry.
                  
                  
                  
                  This might interest you:
                  
                      Mediocrity
                  http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/81476

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                     Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                     Interesting, thank you.

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                        Prodioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                        That guy threw a few of his poems on this site - those were 'terrific' (very good) poetry. I went today to his profile - and found that he has recently unpublished all of those pieces.

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                           Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                           What a shame!

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                              Prodioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                              Sure!

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      snakeslaneposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Hey Amy,
      If you click on the 'explore' button at the top of the page, go to 'hubs', click on "Books, Literature, and Writing', scroll down that menu to 'Poems and Poetry' you will see that category is followed by 13K, 13 thousand people! Not a bad audience, I say.
      And, the Books, Literature, Writing category is followed by 70K.

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   Trisha Robertsposted 8 years ago

   I find poetry on here very enjoyable to write and to read others

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      It's nice to know there is a community for it. I think I'll do a few and see how it goes. Thanks!

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   lovebuglenaposted 8 years ago

   I've posted some poetry on this site and my poetry hubs have gotten hundreds and even thousands of views.... not sure if most traffic is internal or external but it's traffic so that's good.

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I would assume it would be internal traffic. But all the same, that's even nicer to have in some ways!
      I'll check your stuff out, cheers.

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         Sed-meposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         This is what I have found. It's a good outlet if you simply want to express yourself, possibly even to inspire a few ppl, but it is not very beneficial in any other way.
         HPs is not super supportive of poetry and ppl are not likely to google it.

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   Dean Traylorposted 8 years ago

   I write poetry and short stories; however, I tend place some sort of side-bar article with it. For poems, I may add some facts about the poetry format or about the subject. Not all of the poems get good views. One exception is a personified poem that has had over a 1000 views, so far. The short stories do ok. Not great - still I get a lot of positive feedback.

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      This is very helpful, thank you.
      It can't hurt to give it a go but I won't expect huge success.

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   LeslieAdrienneposted 8 years ago

   Write in every genre... it can only enhance your skill and your portfolio

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      This is true! I just need to be careful about quality control, haha. Thanks!

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   Jcpuddlesposted 8 years ago

   Something you should know before you do this is if you ever seek representation by an agent for a novel or something, this can turn SOME of them off. If you're seeking publication for a novel, I'd advise you not to post fiction but in the end, its your choice.

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I assumed it'd only put them off if I'd posted parts of the actual novel being sent for publication but I suppose that makes sense. I wouldn't upload anything I intended to send off anyway, thank for replying.

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   Peter Flomposted 8 years ago

   I have a lot of poems that were on Yahoo. I will start publishing them here if there is a market. But the guidelines on number of words and so on make it seem like poetry would not be welcome.
   
   Can poetry get readers and money here on HubPages?

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      That was my concern

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   Astra Nomikposted 8 years ago

   Writing poetry is part of the pleasure of what many writers feel is the joy of writing. Don't feel discouraged by whatever you might hear. I have written poetry on Hub Pages for over 4 years now and I enjoy it immensely.
   
   Try to also see Hub Pages as a great way to test your poetry on your audience. W ill they like your writing or not? Will you find an audience or not? The only way to know for sure is to post your poems and see.
   
   I would suggest that if you want to concentrate on one area or type of writing, perhaps just keep one hub account for that genre nor niche area for your work. if you mix it too much, you might dilute it somewhat. Also you might want to fully explore what amount or how much of your poetry you want to post here, as opposed to say, putting poems on a blog or website.
   
   if you are wondering can poetry earn from the hub income system(s), I can say yes, thought the income will be not as good as income from other types of writing. There are other poets who will agree, and poets also have their eye on a future book or getting published somewhere.
   
   As writers, however we largely set our own limits or ambitions based on our abilities for the most part. We all have to start somewhere, and work our way forward.
   
   Best of luck with your poetry hubs.

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      Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Very insightful, thank you very much. I thought about making a separate hub account but to be perfectly honest, I don't feel it's worth doing so. Switching between accounts all the time is a pain and I started off with a niche but have already diluted that anyway, so what's the harm?
      Thanks :-)

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   mattforteposted 8 years ago

   A great place for poetry?
   Wordpress.com
   Blogger.com
   
   A terrible place for poetry?
   HubPages.
   
   HubPages is commercial. We get payouts based on cpc, and quality content that are going to be searched for on Google increases our cpc. All of the poetry, and other useless hubs on HubPages reduce our cpc as a whole - so yes, posting poetry on this site does affect every other user on the site in a negative fashion.
   Therefore, posting poetry here is an incredibly selfish act.

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    Hiba Howardposted 8 years ago

    I don't think there is harm in it if you want. But as the previous commenter said, there are much better places for it. Wordpress is nice. I have a poetry blog over there and you can get a good response. Better than blogger. If you are interested in having people read your poetry or be in a network with other poetry writers, I'd suggest wordpress.com handsdown. Blogger is nice in that it is more customizable, etc. But it doesnt get as much traffic, as where with wordpress, your post automatically appears in the feed of other readers if they follow one of the tags you've used to tag your poem, ie 'poetry'. If you decide to try it, send me a link and i'll follow you! Good luck.

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       Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       Cool, what's your poetry blog? I'd like to check it out.

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    Astra Nomikposted 8 years ago

    Interesting thread here on poetry. I think in a way poetry is like life, and so is writing. You get out of it what you put into it.
    
    There is room for more poetry. Just write good entertaining poetry and if it is good, people will read it. The more the audience feel there is poetry is here on writer's hubs, the more they'll be inclined to read that poetry.

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       Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       This is true. There needs to be more poetry if there is to be any chance of it feeling at home here on HubPages.

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          rebekahELLEposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          There used to be more poetry on HP, but some made the decision to leave and make their own sites.  HP is not the greatest platform for poems, although it has some great poetry here.  A couple of years ago, there was a contest which included the submission of poems.  There were some amazing poems published on the site. 
          If you want to include poetry along with other hubs, that's fine.  I would make sure they include additional text or they're going to have a hard time with search engines unless you're a famous poet.  The HP creative writing community used to be very supportive.  I'm not sure about it now, as I don't publish regularly.

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    MoneThePoetposted 8 years ago

    I write poetry as well at first I was thinking poetry wasn't welcome on this site. Awesome to see more poets now I'm not feeling like fish out of water.

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    Amy Naylorposted 8 years ago

    Well I finally did it.
    I posted my first poetry hub and it's not doing amazingly well, but it's doing alright.
    Thanks for the encouragement everyone!
    http://amynaylor.hubpages.com/hub/9-Persuit-A-Poem

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    Suzanne Dayposted 8 years ago

    I recently did my first one too at http://suzanneday.hubpages.com/hub/Poem … tern-Beach and it did a lot better than I thought it would. To my amazement it even gets daily traffic

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       Amy Naylorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       Awesome! Your success is probably due to the fact that even though it's poetry, your hub is still rich with information. I'm thinking about taking this approach too.

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          Suzanne Dayposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Jodah is the person who put me onto this - using some info in the hub instead of just the poem by itself. He is the real expert on poetry hubs!

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    frnko95posted 8 years ago

    hello

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