How to publish your poetry

Step 1.  Address the email to your robot

Using your email account compose an email addressed to your Poetry Publishing Robot

EXAMPLE

Email Address:

________________@poetrymakesitso.com

Step 2.  Set the CATEGORY in the subject line

In the subject of your email, include the category of the poem that you will be posting. Surround the category name in square brackets. i.e. [Your Category Here]. Make sure you only include one category and that you spell it correctly.

If you want more info on CATEGORIES or a list of the ones you are using click here.

EXAMPLE

Email Subject:

[Your Category]

Step 3.  Set your post TITLE in the subject line after your category

Following the category in brackets write what you want the posts title to be. Don’t include any extra text as everything outside the brackets will be included in your posts title. The following is an example of the proper syntax.

EXAMPLE

Email Subject:

[Your Category] Your Post Title

Step 4.  Paste your poems text in the message area.

Type out or paste the text for your poem into the message box of your email.

You can theoretically have it as long as you want. I will leave it to you to try to test those limits.

EXAMPLE

Email Message:

Parents bring us to the world

 

Sometimes siblings are attached

 

Spirits need an entry point

 

We may or may not match

 

Experience plays a major role

 

As the ego grows its roots

 

Friends, family, community

 

Provided old familiar ‘truth’

 

But, the world, it keeps on turning

 

Changes occurring over time

 

Adaptation or obsession

 

In a revolving paradigm

 

3/9/14

Step 5.  Scrub the formatting from your text and add line breaks

Highlight all the text in your message box (ctrl + a) and remove Microsoft Words formatting by pressing the T with a strike through it pictured below. You will then need to add or remove line breaks between lines. This is your change to have lines of a stanza right next to each other and and extra line break in between (enter key) between each stanza (also in the image below).

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE

Email Message:

Parents bring us to the world

Sometimes siblings are attached

Spirits need an entry point

We may or may not match

 

Experience plays a major role

As the ego grows its roots

Friends, family, community

Provided old familiar ‘truth’

 

But, the world, it keeps on turning

Changes occurring over time

Adaptation or obsession

In a revolving paradigm

 

3/9/14

Step 6.  (optional) Tag your poem

At the bottom of your message area you can include tags by typing “tags:” followed by a list of tags separated by comas. If you want more info on TAGS I will include it below.

Again, don’t include anything other than the text you want included in your post and the list of tags. 

EXAMPLE

Email Message:

But, the world, it keeps on turning

Changes occurring over time

Adaptation or obsession

In a revolving paradigm

 

3/9/14

 

tags: Your Tag, Second Tag, Third, Fourth

Step 7.  Review and send it

Things can be uploaded after they are published but you should strive to have it right the first time always 😀 When you have it right, review your email and send it.

All About Tags and Categories

Categories

You can use categories to sort and group your poetry posts into different sections. For example, your poetry could be filed using categories like Spiritual, Financial, Political, Family, or Weather.

Categories help visitors quickly know what topics your poetry about and allows them to navigate the poems faster. Poems are mandatory for a post and the default category is “Uncategorized”.

Here is a list of all the current categories on your site, if you would like more let me know:

 

 

Tags

Tags are the second tool you can use to group your poetry, based on similar details.

The main distinction between categories and tags is the size of the topic they cover. Categories group broad topics of your poetry while tags describe a specific detail in the poem.

You can add any tag to your poetry and it will automatically add them to this list. You don’t have to only use the tags listed here:

 

Why they are important

When a visitor clicks a particular category or tag it will open an archive page with all the poems that have the same category or tag. As your library of poems here grows this will be essential to help people find more of the stuff they find them selves gravitating towards.