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Formal poetry is a beautiful art getting lost in the digital age. Let's write and learn about it to keep it alive!

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  • Brooklyn Crane

    Celebrating human ingenuity in poetry! Writer, advocate, unapologetic rhyme addict, and public enemy of AI content.

  • Metrical Poet

    A lover of literature and especially poetry!

  • Thomas McKendry

    Poet and musician, Traditional Catholic. Dedicated to the pursuit of wonder and the preservation of culture.

  • Narcisse Tardif

    Poet grappling with the ironies and incongruities of heartbreak, religion, meditation, and mortality. I write mostly in English, but also in French and sometimes other languages. First person ≠ autobiographical.

  • Abram Newcomer

    Poet - Father - Husband - Christian - Physics grad - Formal poetry nerd - I run a poetry blog over at whomadetheeyes.com. I only repost some of my poetry here on Substack; all of my work can be found on my primary blog. SDG!

  • Noesis

    "Time is a moving image of eternity"

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