But the poems are just the start; more importantly, in the more than 14 years of DarkPoetry's life, it has attracted some of the most interesting and insightful poets that you'll find anywhere, and of course, their remarkable poems.

Join DarkPoetry (free) and become friends with some truly fascinating people. And you are always welcome to share your poems in this non-judgmental environment.

Lots of new stuff going on at DarkPoetry this week, so here is a quick recap:

Affiliate Program

We now have a 10% affiliate program, earn on every friend you send to DarkPoetry who upgrades! It's free, and every member can participate.

New Cabals Agitating

DarkPoetry is sowing the seeds of conspiracy by starting up a number of new Cabals. Do you have an idea for a cabal? See this for the details:

Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner of the t-shirt contest coming next week sometime!

Most Creative Dark Poets,

DarkPoetry would like to print and provide some nice t-shirts for members like you, but we could use some help. First of all, we have to spend about $300 just to make a minimum order on shirts, so we need some folks to pre-order!

Second, well- probably first really, we need a good color t-shirt design that people actually want to buy. So lets have a contest shall we?

The award for the chosen design will be 3 free t-shirts shipped to you as soon as they come in from the printer in your chosen size!

All members are eligible to participate. Just make sure your designs follow the following four criteria:

1) They must incorporate the DarkPoetry logo
2) They must invite people to come to DarkPoetry.com on them somewhere, somehow
3) They must be sent to the email address below in 300dpi print-ready graphic format like postscript, or photoshop psd ** with a black background of course **
4) They can use no more than 3 solid colors, and a strong preference will go to designs with only 2 colors.

If you're interested, email your art (feel free to send several!) to darkpoet ^at^ gmail.com with "DarkPoetry T-shirt" in the subject line. Be sure to put your member name and/or id in the body of the email so I know who sent me what.

DEADLINE: Have your designs in by the 7th of March if possible, inform me if you need a few extra days.

Good luck, and may your creativity overflow into all the DP community!

Thanks,
Matt / Joanna

Members will be better able to coordinate social activities (poetry slams anyone?) and meet up in meatspace by participating in regional cabals.

But first, we need good leaders. Leaders will be responsible for coordinating activities in their region on a regular basis, along with other responsibilities and rewards, including handling funding of approved promotional activities in each region.

If you're over 21, and you'd like to apply, see the details and follow the directions.

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