Rules

Greetings. Please see below for the rules.

1. No politics. If you feel the need to share a poem about politics, please find another venue for doing so. You can share via instant message with other IRC users only with the other user's permission. Please do not post political material here or in the channel.
2. No hate. We are an open space where everyone is welcome. However, should you breach the social contract of not espousing hatred, you will be banned. There is no room for hatred in this community.
3. No depictions of violent criminal acts.
4. No bots in the channel, unless they are approved by channel staff.
5. English only in the channel and on the website please.
6. Channel staff reserve the right to remove or restrict others from the channel as seen fit and for any reason, including none at all.
7. If you wish to have an account on this website, please reach out to greeter via IRC. You must have a registered nickname and make the request in the IRC channel (no IMs for this). You should be prepared to share at least one poem of yours with your request. If you meet the above conditions and have broken no rules, your request will be approved and your blog account will be given authorship privileges with your IRC nickname.
8. We reserve the right to change these rules at any time, with or without advanced notification.