The category is for poetry organizations. A poetry organization is comprised of a membership of more than one individual and exists to promote poets and poetry.
It is further defined as: 1. Having a verifiable membership 2. Having a scheduled meeting or online forum for the poets to gather in. 3. Having a way for the poets to promote themselves and their work. 4. Offering activities that promote the art of poetry whether it be readings, an e-zine, books, workshops, festivals, or other related activities. (exceptions: websites that offer an e-zine or e-zine like format should post their sites in Arts/Literature/Poetry/Magazines and E-zines)
This site is for Poetry Organizations, Clubs, and Societies that can be either Web based or physical entities. A poetry organization is comprised of a membership of more than one individual, and exists to promote poets and poetry as its primary purpose.
Additionally, organizations hold scheduled meetings or provide an online forum in which member poets gather, promote member poets and their work and offer activities that promote the art of poetry, whether it be readings, an e-zine, books, workshops, festivals, or other related activities.
A poetry organization may have an e-zine, other publications or a forum, but these should not be its only function. E-zines and forums are not in themselves organizations. - Poetry E-zines should post their links to the /Arts/Literature/Poetry/Magazines_and_E-zines/ category and forums should post their links ot Arts/Online_Writing/Poetry/Chats_and_Forums/.
A poetry organization may belong to or possess a web ring, but again, that cannot be its only function. A web ring is not a poetry organization. It only possesses a verifiable membership, but does not include the other functions of an organization. Webrings should post to /Arts/Online_Writing/Webrings
Personal Poets with online communities may not post here as the Web site's main purpose is to promote the individual poet, and not the forum in itself.