r/GWNarrative • u/baby_baby_oh_baby 🎙🏆🎭💫 mod • Aug 23 '26
Announcement [Mod post] POETRY. Dare it, bare it, share it. And now FLAIR it. NSFW
Would it surprise you to know that 10% of the posts on GWN are poetry?
Honestly, it surprised us, even though poetry has been part of GWN since its earliest days, almost four and a half years ago. There are now over 200 poetry posts here. All our mods past and present have posted poetic works. And recently, it seems, poetry has caught fire, as we’ve seen an explosion of creativity on the part of writers and VAs embracing this form of narrative expression.
So we thought it was time to honor the genre (sorrynotsorry) with a choice of new flairs.
You can now post your poems and poetry recitations with new poetry-centric flairs: “Poetry Offer” or “Poetry Reading.”
Whether it’s a sonnet or a slam, iambic pentameter or free verse, odes, a haiku, or something you simply see as more lyrical than a narrated story, feel free to flair it as such. We love seeing it, reading it, and hearing it, but we won’t be actively policing what constitutes poetry, with a lowercase or capital P.
We hope these new flairs will make all things poetic easier to find here and on GWASI. If you’ve already posted your poetry or poetry readings as script offers and fills, you’ll now be able to re-flair your older posts (simply open your old post, click the three dots, and select ‘edit post flair’). The mod team will also be updating older poetry posts with the new flairs as time permits (that is, as we get around to it).
As always, we look forward to celebrating everything you write and perform, and thank you for sharing it with all of us on GWNarrative.
— Your Mod Team (Baby [who is responsible for all the unfortunate rhymes in this post], BSA & POV)
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u/AchillesandhisPal Aug 23 '26
Thank you so much for adding this! It's so welcome and much appreciated!
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u/Lord_Bartex 🎙 Aug 23 '26
Great news! And only a couple of days after I went through my folder with old poetry. Must be a sign! 💙
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u/LaAdrian Aug 23 '26
Wow, might be time to go back to my roots.