So try this out yourself And see who gets selected To go to Washington And get into their book

You will then see that they are a scam. They will soon send you a letter in mail stating that your poem was great and that you were selected to receive a prize and want you to go to a convention in Washington.

They are not alone however. Most other “free” poetry contests are just same. Poetry for America does exact same thing as well as Amateur Poets of America. All are scams and should be avoided.

The best way to avoid these schemes is by looking at fine print and also only submitting to places which charges to read your poem. These are generally more legit. If you think about it, where are these contests getting money from? Legit contests get money from people who submit poems while scams receive money for telling all authors that their work is great and they want them to pay $2 to have their poem in book and tell them that book is on sale for a “low” price just for them!

So please, avoid scams and do what’s right. Tell others and spread word. Do not let others be deceived by their money making schemes.

Rhyming in poetry is not always best way to express yourself. Rhyming actually takes away many words that could have been used. If you try to rhyme it cuts your dictionary into little pieces. It doesn't need to be this way, choose flow over rhyme.

As a result of this, poetry is defined as a way of putting flowing words together in meter and verse to show emotion or tell a story.