Welcome Poets 
                & Writers!

Submit your Poetry!
                                                                     

* My name is Bear, and I welcome you All to the newest Interactive Community
   Website, (ICW) for Poets & Writers -

* Destination Poetry, ( DP ) has been created for Poets & Writers of all ages,
   genre and artistic style, who want to get back to the basics of writing Poetry or
   Short Stories -

* I believe Poetry, or any form of Writing, does not have to be accompanied with
   Graphics or Prompts to enhance your work -

* Your Imagination is your strongest tool, use it wisely!

* DP has the privledge of hosting some of the most talented & skillfull Judges on
   the internet -

* Your Judges will be a part of your Family here at DP, please show them respect
   and courtesy, as they read, review and critque some of your work -

* Here at DP, we are looking for Poetry & Writes of any Genre or Form -

* We hope you enjoy some of the works penned by some of the most Genius
   Poets listed below, they, who have comprised some of the most memorable work
   of our time! 

   Langston Hughes 
   Shel Silverstein
   Pablo Neruda

   Maya Angelou

   Edgar Allan Poe

   Robert Frost

   Emily Dickinson

   Elizabeth Barrett Browning

   E. E. Cummings

   Walt Whitman

   William Wordsworth

   Allen Ginsberg

   Sylvia Plath

   Jack Prelutsky

   William Butler Yeats

   Thomas Hardy

   Robert Hayden

   Amy Lowell

   Oscar Wilde

   Theodore Roethke

* We are looking for Creativity, Power, Impact, Focus,  and Lasting Impression in
   your work; a Creative Theme penned from your heart and imagination will get
   our attention quickly!

* These Poets went to the river, to the ocean, to the mountains, and even to the
   bedside of their sleeping children to gain inspiration to write what we know
   today, as masterpieces of Poetic history -

* Back-to-Basics Poetry, this is why DP was created -

* I challenge you to use your Imagination!

* Pen your work wisely, use proper grammar and do not forget
   correct punctuational format -
 
* We hope you enjoy your stay, and we appreciate your continued support -

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                            Right from the start, write from the heart!
                                        

                             Come grow with us!




                                                               Bear & Staff