New poets on deviantart

There are some issues that new members, and would-be members to the poetry community (and deviantART in general), encounter in their interactions on this site.

Writer’s seem to find that they
don’t receive enough feedback on their submissions
are receiving feedback that they don’t appreciate, perhaps because they consider it too critical or because the provider of the feedback isn’t giving it properly
are finding it hard to find good literature
have difficulties finding ways to learn to become better writers, and to become more involved with the community

In the spirit of friendship I would firstly like to put to you that many other writers have been in this situation, and offer you some ways that you can remedy the above problems:

1. Comment and network to receive feedback. You can do this by
simply browsing the poems available - [link]

joining one of the sub-communities that focus on networking such as ~daac, ~writers-adoption, ~workgroups, and ~WeCritique


2.
~WeCritique offers critiquing guidelines [link] and suggests acceptable behavior when commenting. When commenting, the approach of “do to others as you would like done to you” is a must and is ingrained in this guide.


3.
~suture focuses on showcasing good literature. Their latest issue (at time of writing) - [link] - is recommended as a starting point.

To familiarize yourselves with a wide range of relatively established poets on deviantaART, there is a directory here - [link]

The Daily Deviations are an indicator of relatively good poetry - [link]


4.
There is a writers’ forum at [link] where members meet to raise and discuss ideas and issues.

There exist groups dedicated to poetry which offer workshops, advice and contests. These include:
~poetic-forms, ~poetrycafe, ~livingpoetsociety


These are some of the tools you can use to enhance your deviantART experience. All the best!