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2. NaPoWriMo
  
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When you post a poem, PLEASE make sure you have your OWN COPY. We also ask that you comment on at least 3 poems by fellow members.
1. Master Showcase
  
  A one stop showcase that houses all the poems in one place. Sorted by 'Last Comment'.
  
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3. Old Poems by Five Star Rating
  
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4. Happiness
  
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5. Love
  
  Poems about love, friendship and lust
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6. Sadness
  
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7. Tragedy
  
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8. Darkness
  
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9. Nature
  
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10. Humour
  
  Humourous poems to make us smile
  
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11. Family & Friends
  
  Poems about your roots
  
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12. Experiences
  
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13. Fantasy
  
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14. Children's Verse
  
  A place for poems written for a younger audience.
  
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15. Spiritual & Philosophical
  
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16. Miscellaneous
  
  For anything else
  
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17. Oriental Poetry
  
  A section for Oriental poems specifically. This can include Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, Sijo and many more.
  
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18. Formal Poetry
  
  A Showcase devoted to poems written using set forms e.g. Sonnets, Sestinas, etc
  
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19. Science
  
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20. Politics
  
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21. Experimental Poetry
  
  For poems which have been created solely as experiments.
  
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22. Co-Writes
  
  Co written a poem with another member? Post it for feedback here, or post to find a writing partner!
  
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23. Series
  
  A forum for one thread series.
  
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A place for those who would like to write stories

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All mature 18+ material should be posted in one of the sub forums.
1. Mature Poetry
  
  For poetry of a mature nature or writing with possible triggering content
  
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2. Mature Prose
  
  For Prose of a mature nature
  
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3. Erotica
  
  Poems about mature love.
  
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4. Mature Challenges Archive
  
  Find older mature competitions/challenges here! New challenges will have a mature suffix added.
  
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A place to learn new skills and practice old ones.
1. Feedback Forum
  
  Post your poetry or prose for in depth critique.
  
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2. W.I.P Forum
  
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3. Exercises
  
  A bunch of ideas to release the writers block
  
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4. Meter Workshop
  
  A Place to learn more about the ins and outs of meter.
  
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5. Poetry Forms
  
  A section to learn about poetry forms old and new.
  
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6. Poet To Poet
  
  Advice between poets on technical and publicational matters
  
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7. Poetry Discussion
  
  A place to discuss and learn from famous poems.
  
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Everything to do with poetry beyond the walls of TPF
1. Poetry Competitions
  
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2. Poetry Events
  
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3. Poets Worth Reading
  
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4. Poetry Publishers
  
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A forum set up to honour the passing of TPF members
1. Saturn Adrift - Angela Sinclair
  
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2. Rearwaddle - Richard Dann
  
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4. Colormeirish
  
  Pat's TPF Anthology.
  
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