How to publish your first poem
A walkthrough of the editor, formatting, and visibility settings.
Posting Poems
Drafts, publishing, formatting, tags.
Articles
11 shown4 min
Understanding poem visibility
Public, followers-only, and private — what each setting means.
Drafts and auto-save
Everything you need to know about editing in the poem composer.
Tagging, categories, and forms
Help readers discover your work with the right metadata.
Scheduling a poem for later Pro
Queue a poem to go live at a future date and time of your choosing — GS Poetry handles the publish automatically, in your timezone, while you sleep, travel, or move on to the next piece. A GS Pro perk.
Highlighting and boosting your poems
Pin your best work to your profile with highlights, schedule them to rotate on their own, and spend credits to boost any public poem into more streams.
Recording a voice reading with SoulCast Studio Pro
Record your poem aloud and attach it to the poem page — every breath, every pause preserved in your own voice. Anyone, free or Pro, can press play and listen. A GS Pro perk.
Organizing your poems into Collections
Create, fill, order, cover, share, and delete named collections of your poems — and choose who can see them.
Import poems with PoemShuttle
Upload .txt, .csv, .docx, or .html files and land them as private drafts.
Poem ratings and reader feedback
Rate any poem 1-5 stars and leave the poet a private, anonymous note — free for everyone. Here is what poets see, and what GS Pro analytics add.
Formatting your poems with Text Editor Pro Pro
The richer composer toolbar that comes with GS Pro — curated poetry fonts, drop caps, color and highlight, an emoji picker, and smart auto-formatting.