* On May 23, 2008, TomWest posted an essay on poets.org, which was reposted on Poets.net forum : "Locking a thread affects all who had ...

"In our free speech they say/ There is protest." --------- --Mark Yakich, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine ----------...

Just as the Nazis never proscribed Rilke (he was no Expressionist, no Degenerate, no Art-Bolshevik), so most of us poets are thought no thre...

"Thought policing" (taken from George Orwell's novel 1984 ) on forums occurs when ...Someone trolls the forums looking for pos...

One broken windmill, so many sheep.

Locking a thread affects all who had anything to do with that thread—readers, as well as posters. Locking deprives all rule-abiding posters ...

"Yabbut some threads just attract trolls. Often, trolls disguise themselves as Reflective Posters and it takes us a while to catch on. ...

- See poll at left. Or post your narrative comments on this thread.

Emperor "What-Me-Worry?" Dubya Parody: any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc. -- Dictiona...

Motet, monster-ator of P &W Speakeasy (not!), bans members for mild, satiric bantering, tends to sulk, needs attention, defends "r...

Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. --William O. Douglas

In a forum that imposes few boundaries, these are important questions, and, certainly, the answers are not cut and dried. We would like to h...

Dear Tree Swenson, Of course I understand that The Academy of American Poets is a separate entity and that the Poets.org Forum’s administrat...

...Serious Debate. ADDED 4/28: Today, I received a letter from PEN, which, in support of releasing 38 Chinese imprisoned writers before the...

Dear Tree Swenson, This letter is part complaint and part apology—a difficult stunt to pull off! The complaint first --I think in its contex...

Dear Christopher, I'm very sorry that this has happened to you . The trumped up charges are a pretty clear indication that your banning ...

Poets.net is pleased to offer a platform for Christopher Woodman (also known as ACommoner). In essence, ACommoner was banned from two forums...

This may not be totally on topic, but here's a link to BOB EDWARDS INTERVIEW ON MUZZLES RESCHEDULED , an article on the Thomas Jefferson...

Just posted the following at poets.org: Poets.net... ...Will not "prune" your threads. ...Will not censor your ideas, no matter ho...

A Commoner (as he was known on the Speakeasy thread) was banned (and remains banned) from the P & W Speakeasy forum. After a week of h...