Free. Monthly. Poetry. Print only publication. Based in Philadelphia, Pa.

Verses stands for the promotion of good quality, accessible poetry. The current Issue is always free and exclusively physical. All content is curated from submissions. Submissions are open to anyone, year-round. We are looking for work that indicates a love of poetry for poetry’s sake.

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Verses From The Underground

You may submit up to 3 pieces per month. 
We do not provide unsolicited feedback regarding rejections.

We accept short format poetry (preferred maximum line count: 55). Any genre. 
Due to page sizing restrictions, it is unlikely we will accept a poem over 55 lines. 
However, all work will be reviewed. 

We tend to lean away from confessionalist style. We generally accept work that indicates a love of poetry for poetry’s sake—not those who intend to use poetry as means of expressing any specific opinion, but rather those that write due to their interest with words themselves, their meanings, sounds, derivations and relations. Any piece expressing a specific opinion or stance will never be judged by the merit or righteousness of its offered perspective, it will be accepted or denied only by the merits of its poetic proficiency and effectiveness.

Succinctly, we DO NOT CARE what your poem is about, but we DO CARE if it is written well.

We will make exceptions for anything— as long as it's good.

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