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Sure, DarkPoetry was originally just a place to post poems and get quality feedback.

But it became much more. In its 14+ years of quiet existence in the underbelly of the internet, DarkPoetry has attracted a diverse corpus of talented poets, conspiring to develop the dark art of the spoken miracle.

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.

Two things:

First, DarkPoet has opened enrollment for POE101 starting May 18th. Other details are as described in the news blurb just before/below this one. Professor Jack is limiting the class size to a dozen students, so don't get denied a spot by waiting. Submit your DC$30 to DarkPoet asap to get your seat.

The other thing: May is often a slow month for DP memberships, so we're adding an incentive: If you upgrade your account anytime during May, you get 10% of your upgrade amount back in Ducats. It's a good time to upgrade for the coming year!

DarkPoetry College has turned out another fine batch of graduates: Robyn Layne, Cipher, HHMCameron, Symbol, Rain In The Willows, and SilentStalker. Once again, professor GhettoZombie took good care of the students on their journey through the analytical study of poetry.

If you are interested in either attending a Journeyman class yourself ($30/10wks) or for the graduates, attending an upcoming higher level class ($50/10wks), let DarkPoet know. Once we have sufficient numbers, we'll do it again.

This month DarkPoet is giving away a sack of ducats sufficient to power you up on a free gold membership for a month.

All you have to do is guess what word is the most commonly used in the poems on DarkPoetry. Some words don't count, like "a" or "the," this word is longer. That's all I'm giving you. The first correct submission via DPmail to Adam wins the prize and a mention on the home page.

Of course, it might be possible to construct some software to try to mine poetry from DP, but that wouldn't necessarily give you the right answer since you don't know the algorithm that the word choice comes from. (it is original!)

UPDATE: Congratulations to Vulture for guessing the correct word, which was, strangely enough, "Kiss."

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