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If your poem is accepted for posting on our site, we will contact you about establishing a permanent penname (unique from others on the site) and will obtain things like your biography, your possible link to one other web site, your name, address, email address, account information to send your share of revenues generated by the site, and information about any other art-related products you want to sell on our site. We use a secure third-party for keeping your account information (which we never directly see). We reserve the right to modify the format of the poem (not the content) if we deem necessary (hopefully this is a rare occurrence). We suggest you start browsing the site by going through our > Top Ten Lists - poems arranged in the order that each poet prefers among their poems, or by those inspired by my daughter > Shannon. We accept only structured poetry (real poetry, lyrical poetry): poetry that at least has rhyme, meter, and consistent line endings. Every poem that is submitted for posting consideration is rated by JPP personnel - except those posted by owners of the site - see: > (Why are poets like "Roamoff" treated differently?). The current rating system is:
A poem is not accepted if we reject it in the rhyme, meter, or consistent line endings categories. We realize that these categories and ratings are overlapping and highly subjective. We reserve the right to change this system or to re-rate existing poems at any time. Here are some basics about these categories. To get more information, please look over our > products and services that include a book on how to write real poetry, poetry lessons, and critiques. Rhyme: We don't expect perfection here, in fact perfection might seem forced. Good > (meter) often makes up for imperfect rhyme. Plus purposeful imperfect rhyme sometimes helps emphasize that part of the poem. In this and all categories, purposeful or non-bothersome breakage is not penalized. For instance, if the rhyme is seriously violated on purpose in order to bring attention to that part of the poem, this is labeled "just right". Meter: This is the cadence of the poem. Do matching lines have the same number of syllables with emphatic syllables landing in the same place? There are lots of exceptions to this because some syllables are "long" (as in "wow") and some are "short" (as in the two syllables of "quiet"), some can be slurred (like 'Twas for "It was" or O'er for "Over"), extra non-emphatic syllables can sometimes be inserted or added, etc. Perfect meter may also seem forced. And purposeful changes in meter can be good for emphasizing that part of the poem. Consistent Line Endings: Do periods always occur in consistent locations of the poem - like only at the end of displayed lines? Do all of the poem's displayed line endings occur at natural pausing points? Message/Storyline: Does the poem tell a story or get a message across. There is probably no reason to write a poem without this element. Emotion: Does the poem evoke emotions? Alliteration: This is repeating a syllable or sound to emphasize it. Doing it too much can interfere with other parts of the poem. But it is a good tool which can add to the poetic feel. Several examples of very alliterative poetry by > "Roamoff" are > "Free for Flight", > "My Miracle", > "Pure Peace", > "Nature's Grand", > "Desert Life", > "Surgery, Yes Surgery", > "Sunrise?", and > "Ninety Straight Days or So". Onomatopoeia: This is words or phrases that sound like the action they are describing (like "bark" or "meow"). It can be combined with alliteration to really add to the poem. > "Roamoff" attempts to do this in his poem entitled > "Surgery's Knife". He starts with "It's that time..." and then repeatedly uses those three words throughout the poem. That repetition is alliteration. The repeated use of the letter "t" in those three words establishes a ticking pattern that is like the grinding and imposing sound of a clock (onomatopoeia). He also tries to do this in one of his very early silly Limerick poems > "Shannon's Plannin'". He describes his over-active six-month old daughter's attempt to use her walker to get around the house. She tips over and leaves her "fast feet freely fannin'." The repeated "f" is alliteration but is also an attempt to mimic the sound of air whiffing by (onomatopoeia). It is better to have no onomatopoeia than to force it into a poem. Grammar: A consistent level or application of grammar, capitalizations, indentations, punctuation, etc. within the poem is necessary. This only means that this particular poem needs consistency within itself. It does not mean that all poems must employ the same level. For instance, a rough poem should probably use grammar like "Ain't I?" instead of "Am I not?" Hooks/Repetitions: It is important to have repetitions (like a chorus or strategically placed consistent word repetitions) in a poem. They are called "hooks" because they reel the reader or listener back in - possibly back to the poem's emotion or storyline. Smooth Flow: Often when trying to create > (rhyme), > (meter), > (consistent line endings), > (alliteration), > (onomatopoeia), > (hooks), etc., the smoothness of the phrases is lacking. It is very difficult to do structure and still make the phrases sound natural. This category also includes the overuse of words or the use of the wrong words (where a synonym might flow better). If you want more information about rhyme, meter, consistent line endings, or any other of the concepts above:
No. We do not publish the detailed rating. Only the total is published. If you want a detailed critique of a poem, you can purchase that > service.
Yes. If you have a topic you think a poem should be written about, or if you have a catch-phrase that you think would sound neat in a poem, you can send it to us at > PoemSuggestion@JustPlainPoetry.com. You can also pay > "Roamoff" to create a poem for you. Then he will communicate with you via email to get all the details about what you want in the poem. See > Purchase - Services. The only advertising we accept is in the form of "biography" pages for poets or poem reviewers. If a submitted poem is accepted for publication, we allow the poet to give us a biography page (which could be an advertising page) which can contain a > (reciprocal link). Similarly we allow anyone who posts a professional review of at least one poem to have a biography / advertising page. However, we charge reviewers to post (while poets post for free). See > Purchase - E-Products for details on how to post a review. See " > (How do I advertise on your site? How do I review a poem?)" for one method. Another way is to appear on our > (site listings). However, we feel that blanket reciprocal linking can degrade the site (just like allowing unstructured "poetry" would). So we rate sites before we post them. If you want your site listed, you must send it to us as a site to be reviewed, see > Site@JustPlainPoetry.com. If we like it, it will appear on our recommendation list, and we will ask for a reciprocal link with you (otherwise we will not activate your link on our site). In order to avoid using lots of "cookies" (storing information about you on your computer) we store virtually all that information on our host's server. If we have not had any contact from you in about 8 hours (or if you close your browser), we assume you have moved on to other sites or have stopped surfing. Your login information and shopping cart information will stay active as long as you stay in active contact with us. For security concerns, many businesses and individuals limit cookies on their machine. We want to work on those computers. The price paid for this security is occasional loss of information. If you are allowing "cookies", you can press a button below your shopping cart to save it onto your machine and restore it later (possibly avoiding the loss of information). Each poem is placed in a single category (because we don't want any poem getting preferential treatment by being listed more often). If we accept a poem for posting on the site, we suggest a category and allow the author to also weigh-in. We lean toward the author's wish unless we really believe the category is wrong. One place we override is in the "Lewd", "Sensual / Sexual", and "Violent" categories which contain poems that have extreme adult language or content, explicit sexual references, or overt violence. A poem cannot be in one of those categories if it doesn't meet its criterion and cannot be in any other category if it does. We reserve the right to add and remove categories and to re-categorize existing poems. See the "types" of poems currently on the site: > Poetry Presented Primarily by Poem Type and then by Posting Date.
Sort of. If you always list poems by type (either as the primary sort order or as the secondary one), you can skip any of those you never want to see. You can choose to view non-voted poems by type and skip the categories that are possibly offensive. And every time we list a poem we also tell its category (meaning you can avoid it since you know its type). We are very careful to make sure material that is typically offensive is placed in categories like Lewd (adult language), Sensual / Sexual, or Violent. You are allowed to vote on each poem. We do our best to throw out duplicate votes. Only the last vote from a logged in user is tallied. In addition, recent votes for the same poem from the same computer are removed. If you vote "Liked", the poem gets 3 points. "OK" is worth 1 point. "Disliked" is worth -1 (negative one) points. These are accumulated overall to rank the poems and are also tallied over a "recent" period to see what that ranking is. "Recent" is completely determined by us and is not revealed to the public. See also > (What is the purpose for establishing a User ID or logging-in?). Poets who are primary owners and maintainers of this site (called "site partners") are allowed to place any poetry they want on the site. Their poetry is not rated by the site and can be seen under the "Not Rated" listing within > (JPP ratings). You will be told that they are a site partner when you see their poems. Your poetry may be better than theirs and still not accepted for posting on the site. Sorry about that; ownership has its rewards.
They don't always sort to the top. We made a concerted effort to be fair. In some sorting views they sort to the top. But in all voting views "by rating" they sort to the bottom, so it should even out.
We keep tallies of every poem that receives votes. At the bottom, you are allowed to rate the poem whether you liked it, thought it was "OK", or disliked it. We keep only the most recent vote on each poem for each unique User ID. If you are not logged in, we keep only the most recent vote for each poem from that computer. Each vote, whether from a logged in user or not, is tallied to create the " > Overall Liked" and " > Recent Liked" sort orders for poems (there are primary and secondary sort orders for many poem lists). Those lists are created by everyone's votes and are available to everyone. You don't need to be logged in to vote. However, if you have established a User ID and are logged in, your votes are also used to maintain your very own personal preference lists (poem sort orders). See " > My Liked", " > My OKed", " > My Disliked", and " > My Not Voted". Those lists are created by you and are available to you alone. Also, if you are logged in, your most recent vote is displayed for each poem (both on the poem list and at the bottom of that poem). If you are not logged in, the personal voting preference lists are not available. User IDs are not used in any way to > purchase products or services (so you do not need to be logged in or have a User ID to do so). See also > (How are viewers' votes / ratings of poems tallied)?. Simply vote again and the next time we create your personal list that poem will move over to the new voted list. That vote will nullify your prior vote (it will replace it in the vote tallies).
Your vote is recorded immediately. It will change where the poem lands in the overall and recent tallies, causing its impact the next time those lists are recalculated (approximately every couple of days). If you are > logged in, your vote immediately moves the poem into your voting list for that particular category (" > My Liked", " > My OKed", or " > My Disliked"). However, your voting lists and the poem itself must be refreshed to reflect your vote. So the next time a list is created or that poem is displayed (by re-showing that page), it will reflect your new vote. Every technology has problems; some are more problematic than others. This site's skeleton was developed in Microsoft FrontPage ®©. Even though it is one of the better "entire web site" development tools on the market, we still had to do a lot of work-arounds to get it to do many of the things we wanted. And our host site is not Microsoft-based so we had to disable the features that are not supported there. We then converted the entire site to ASP. We avoid cookies (other than the single Session ID cookie) by taking advantage of Session variables. And we avoid many trips to the database by storing the most used information in Application variables. Our host site uses a non-Microsoft based version of ASP (now called MyASP ®©). And it uses MySQL ®©, not Microsoft's SQL-Server ®©. So we had to adapt to the differences inherent to those products. This shows our ability to create decent web sites in any environment. Please see our sister site > www.highermath.com for more of our programming capabilities.
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