Click Compose a Poem in the header (or Create from your Poems tab) to open the composer, write your poem, add a title and at least one category, choose who can see it, and click Publish Now. Full walkthrough: How to publish your first poem →
No. The editor has a toolbar for everything — no code required. In fact the editor doesn't accept pasted HTML; you just type and use the formatting buttons.
The toolbar gives you bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text alignment, bulleted and numbered lists, indentation, a blockquote, and a few text sizes. Your line breaks and stanza spacing are preserved exactly as you type them. GS Pro adds an expanded set — curated fonts, text and highlight color, a decorative Drop Cap, links, inline images, and an emoji picker. More in the publishing walkthrough →
Poems can be up to 50,000 characters — there is no minimum, so even a one-line poem counts. Titles can be up to 200 characters and the optional backstory up to 500.
Use the Privacy dropdown in the composer to choose Public (anyone), Followers Only, or Private (only people with the link). New poems default to Public, and you can change a poem's visibility any time by editing it. Full guide: Understanding poem visibility →
Every poem takes one to three categories (its themes) and, optionally, one poetic form — both chosen from curated lists rather than free-form hashtags. The first category you pick is your main one and matters most for discovery. Full guide: Tagging, categories, and forms →
Yes. In the composer, use the Poem Photo Banner to drag in or choose an image (JPG, PNG, or WEBP, up to 10 MB), then drag it to frame the crop. It becomes the hero image on the poem's page. It's optional — poems without a banner are perfectly fine.
In the composer, choose "Save Draft" instead of "Publish Now." Drafts are private and visible only to you under My Poems → Drafts. Full walkthrough: Drafts and auto-save →
Yes. Open the poem from My Poems, click "Edit," make your changes, and click Publish to save them live. You can change anything — text, title, categories, banner, or visibility — or send the poem back to drafts while you rework it. More on editing a published poem →
Yes. Open the poem, click the menu icon, and choose "Delete." Deleting is a sensitive action, so you'll be asked to quickly re-verify it's you first. It's permanent and removes the poem's comments, likes, and read counts — even if you re-post the same text later. Why some actions ask you to re-verify →
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