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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
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Chats and Forums :: Writers Resources
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Quill - A forum with contests and feedback.
Quotes: Poetry Forum - Poetry and general writing forum offering user interaction and critique.
Able Muse:Eratosphere - Forum offering metrical, classical, and general boards, as well as contests and chat.
Meta Description: [ poetry, fiction/writing, and art workshops or forums for poetry contests, critique of poems, stories, artwork, fiction, non-fiction, art, photography, chat, interview, humor at Able Muse ]
About.com Poetry Forum - Solicits questions and reviews of submitted poems.
Meta Description: [ About Poetry's community of poets -- This Forum is the place to talk about poetry & your favorite poets, post your own work for comment or critique, discuss poetic techniques & ideas, and make connections with other poets. ]
Allpoetry - Forum where poets can post and customize the look of their poetry, accept feedback, and make comments about others poetry.
Meta Description: [ All poetry.com - poets post poetry and share in a free encouraging friendly environment. The best love, angst poems on the net! ]
Artist Corner - Multiple boards on which to post poetry, short stories, song lyrics, quotes, and various form poetry.
Black Days - A multiple board community dedicated to dark poetry and discussions.
Blueline Poetry Forum - A full-featured forum, including various contests, boards, games, chats, and discussions. Readers may nominate poetry for awards.
Captain Cynic : Prose and Poetry - Poetry and prose forum offering critique and useful feedback.
Critical Poet's Poetry Forum - Multiple boards, including how to critique poetry and individual member archives.
Del Sol: The Writer's Block - Forum for critiqing and discussing poetry. Includes publication, chapbook information, and writing programs.
Friendly Musings - Multiple active poetry boards, including critique, holiday thoughts, nature, and poetry writing instruction.
Meta Description: [ Poetry forum of many different mediums. Is there one for you? If not, let us know. ]
In A Dove's Nest - User based poetry critiquing site that also includes artwork and scam awareness.
Meta Description: [ A Dove's Nest contains poetry, gemstone & jewelry, & scams, hoaxes, & bad business forums. We welcome all respectful visitors to our G / PG rated forums. Unacceptable posts will be deleted., Jewelry Talk, Share Poetry, and visit our Scams, Hoaxes, & Bad Business Area. Also, visit our Poetry Forum... ]
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Just Our Love - User submissions and critique forum featuring love poetry.
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Justour Love - User submission and ranking as well as critiques, in a number of subcategories.
Moontown Cafe - Multiple poetry boards including free verse, metered, rhyming, and spiritual. Moontown Cafe also includes a chat room.
Paradise Poets' Society - An MSN community including chat, submissions, featured poetry, and an online novel in progress.
Meta Description: [ Poetry from a Christian perspecive. All are welcome into our circle of friends! ]
Passions in Poetry - Boards include mild critique, heavy critique, teen, adult, spiritual, and archives. Poetry headlines also included.
Poet Club Forever - Forum for poets, writers, and other artists to submit their writings and interact.
Poet's Forum - Forum running since 1998 allowing contests and poetry submissions.
Poetic License - Sharing and discussion of poetry, inspirations, reflections on life; including personal online notebook for composition.
Poetic Muse - Affiliated with Poetictricity and Beatnik Poetry Journal. Includes a poet of the month and opportunities to get a poetry folio published.
Meta Description: [ Share your poetry and souls! Also visit beatnik poetry journal, submit your poetry to be in running to be poet of the month. ]
Poetry Array - PHPBB forum with categorized subsections for users to submit poetry and increase personal poetry technique.
Meta Description: [ Poetry website and poetry forum where poets can exchange idea, presents their works, resource place and everything else that deals with poetry ]
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Poetry Connection - Forum dedicated to essays, reports, and poetry.
Poetry Critical - An open online poetry workshop where anyone can read, critique, and numerically rate poetry, with over 3,000 poems, 20,000 comments, and 260 active amateur poets.
Meta Description: [ poetry writing, rating, ranking, and critique (et cetera) ]
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PoetryBang - A community of aspiring writers and poets featuring poetry forums, workshops, spoken poetry forum, and chatrooms.
Poetrybox.com - A community including chat rooms, forums, voting system, featured poets, and an e-zine. Free and exclusive memberships.
Meta Description: [ A poetry site to post all your new poetry now. And to read and view poems. ]
Poets at Heart - Poetry forums for sharing and discussion.
Meta Description: [ Poetry website and forums. Share your poems or short stories in the poetry forum for feedback. ]
PoetsAnon.com T-Shirt Poetry - Poetry message boards featuring different styles of poetry such as haikus and tankas.
Post Poems Forum - Critique, conversation, love, dark, and Japanese form poetry boards.
Meta Description: [ The BEST Poetry Board on The Internet! Share poetry, read poetry, critique poetry, get advice, have some fun, learn, teach, and make friends! Part of the PostPoems.com network. ]
Salty Dreams - Boards include dark poetry, critique, sharing, fight club, writing exercises, and archives.
Meta Description: [ A friendly community. Post poetry for constructive critique. New poetry challenges posted daily. Yes, we participate in the IBPC (InterBoard Poetry Competition). ]
SerenePoets - Forum community where poets share poems and writings.
SimplyPoems.com - Read, rate and add original poems in various categories. Poems by Mail service allows visitors to receive new poems via e-mail.
Meta Description: [ FW4 DW4 HTML ]
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South Asian Woman's Forum (SAWF) - Poetry forum and discussion board in English, Hindi, Urdu and Gurati.
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Star Cross Cafe - A poetry community, including contests, critique, and scheduled chats.
Starlite Cafe's Poet Corner - General poetry forum offering a variety of selections in poetry types.
Meta Description: [ The Starlite Cafe - Post your poetry. Get feedback. Spotlight on love poetry. Poetry Contests. All poems, new poems. Create a profile and submit your poems. ]
The Critical Poet - Multiple boards, including how to critique poetry and individual member archives.
Meta Description: [ The Critical Poet is a poetry critique and workshop forum for free and formal verse. Tiered levels of poetry critique. The Critical Poet also features poetry blogs and a wiki with poetic terms, poet biographies, articles, and criticism. ]
The Pasture - An online community where Christians can share and discuss reflections of their spiritual walk through writing.
Meta Description: [ An online archive of user submitted Christian Poetry and Prose. Come and join the community. ]
The Poet Sanctuary - Free user based poetry submission forum with various creatively named categories.
The Poet's Peak - A place for amateur and established poets to post their work for friendly critiquing and commenting by others.
The Poetry Pages - Offers message and critique boards, as well as webspace for poets.
The Poets' Place - MSN group community forum for poets and writers.
Meta Description: [ Touched by poetry, language is more fully language and at the same time is no longer language: it is a poem. ~Octavio Paz
[The Poets' Place is an MSN Cool Group] ]
Tir Nan Og - Multiple poetry and personal boards, including archives and inspirational quotes.
Meta Description: [ Envision a round of poets. Discussing poetry, forms, inspiration. Writing, challenging, experimenting, growing. If you share the vision, enter at will. ]
Todays-Woman - Forum for both women and men 18 and over discussing relationships, poetry, health, and general lifestyle topics.
Meta Description: [ Online Writing Community. Submit your poem or story and receive reviews. Take part in our interactive writing forum. Promotion for authors. ]
Unknown Poets - Poetry community where poets can post their work into different categories such as love and observation.
Voices Network - A community including contests, forums, mailing list, chat, poem of the month, and a bookstore.
Meta Description: [ We have a free poetry contest, free poetry to read, polls, other contests, video games, links, videos, books, magazines and much more. ]
Wild Poetry Forum - Discussion board for poets and writers providing constructive critiques in a supportive atmosphere.
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