GS Poetry is an exclusive online poetry community that provides an avenue to bare your soul through poetry. It's Raw. Explicit. Sexual. Genuine. I guarantee when you browse through the poetry, it'll buck your eyes wide open. Find out how GS Poetry started.

GS Poetry, a.k.a. Team GS Poetry, is operated by two guys, AC and MattDog. AC is founder and designer. MattDog is the developer. Meet Team GS Poetry.

A Soulcast is an audio recording of your poetry, freestyle, spoken word or anything original you want! It's no different from a podcast. I just call it Soulcast because it's different and it sounds cool. So, not only can you read poetry, but now you'll be able to listen to it!

Click here to find out why you should join GS Poetry.

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1. Click Start, select Settings, select Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Display icon.
3. On the Settings tab, under Screen resolution, drag the slider, to 1024x768 and then click Apply.
4. When prompted to apply the settings, click OK. Your screen will turn black for a moment.
5. Once your screen resolution changes, you have 15 seconds to confirm the change. Click Yes to confirm the change; click No or do nothing to revert to your previous setting. (Note that your computer may not require you to confirm the change).

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Go to the Poem Showcase and it will explain how to buy credits.

To submit a poem you must be a registered member. If you're not, you can sign-up now. It takes a minute to sign-up. After you log-in, go to the poetry page, click "Submit Poetry" and fill out the form. That's it!

Once you submit a poem, a confirmation page will appear with a link to your poem. Click the link and that will take you to your poem!

Choose a category, select a poem and at the end of the poem you can rate on a scale of 1 to 4 stars. You must be a member to rate a poem.

You can now edit your poems by logging in and going to your profile page. Once there you'll have two ways you can edit poems:
1. On your profile page select a poem. It will take you to the "POEM VIEW" section and you can click "EDIT POEM".
2. Click on the "View All My Poems" and you'll see a list of all poems. Each poem will have a link that says "EDIT" at the very end. Click "EDIT POEM" or "DELETE POEM" and you can edit your poem.
3. To delete a poem,
    > On your profile page, select a poem title, click "DELETE POEM"
    > On your listing page (page that lists all your poems), click "EDIT POEM", click"DELETE POEM"

Click here to view the category glossary to understand what each category means.

To change your favorite poets, do the following:
1. Go to a poet's page and click "Add As A Favorite Poet"
2. Go back to your profile page and click on "View/Edit Favorite Poets"
3. Remove a poet by dragging a poet from the top box to the bottom box
4. Add a new favorite poet from the bottom box to the top box.

Send an email to Team GS Poetry with the titles of your poems and the email address you think you may have used when you submitted them. The Team will process your request within 24 hours.

Yes you can. On your profile page select a poem. It will take you to the "POEM VIEW" section and you can click "EDIT POEM". You can change the category of your poem there.

GS Poetry is a huge community of poets, poems, and stories. Sometimes, not on purpose, you may get unnoticed. It's your job to make yourself noticed. Ask other members to read your poems. Start writing a blog. Create a SOULCAST. Leave comments and private messages for other poets. It's almost like making new friends.

You can also showcase your poems using GS Credits. See FAQ above on how to accumulate GS Credits

Biting is copying someone else's work and cliaming it to be your own. GS Poetry does not tolerate biters! All biters will have their pages disabled and after three (3) days, the profile will be deleted.

To check your comments, log into your profile, click "myINBOX" on the menu at the top of the page. Then click on "Poem Comments". That's it.

My Subscriptions allows you to subscribe to a poet so you can be notified when that poet has added a new poem to his/her profile. Just viist a profile and click "Subscribe To My Poems". You know you've subscribed when you see "UnSubscribe to My Poems". The poet is added to your "My Subscriptions" page under your profile. To Unsubscribe, visit the poet's profile and click the "UnSubscribe to My Poems" link. The poet will be removed from your Subscription page.

Status shows you the mode your poem is in. A green status dot means your poem is public mode and everyone can see it. A red status dot means your poem is in "save draft" mode. It's not viewable to anyone on the site.

1. Log-in and go to the Poetry drop down menu at the top of the page.
2. Select "Showcase Your Poem".
3. Select one of your poems that you want to showcase.
4. Enter the amount of GS Credits you want to bid per view (1 credit = 1 view). The system will show you how many views you can afford.
            >> The more credits you "bid", the more likely your poem will be at the top of the page.
            >> You can see what the maximum bid is. If you bid above the maximum, your poem will be in the number one spot.
            >> You can see what the minimum bid is. If you bid the minimum, your poem will be at the bottom.
5. Enter the number of views you want for your poem (We made it easy for you: You will be able to see how many views you can afford)
6. Click SUBMIT. If you have enough GS Credits and you put in a high enough bid, your poem will show up immediately on the main poetry page.
7. Your poem will remain on the page until the number of views you submitted are used up.
   
   **NOTE: A total of 50 poems can be on the showcase page at once. If you bid lower than the 50th poem, your poem will be put in line and remain there until it's ready to appear.

All you have to do is repeat the above steps. Our system will let you know how many views you have left on that poem. You can then adjust the bids and number of views based on the total credits you have.

The Showcase is an extremely sophisticated system, it will only deduct number of views left if the reader has never been to your poem page before. Only the first click will count as a valid view.

Click "MY PROFILE" at the top of the page. Click "EDIT PROFILE " then click "UPDATE PROFILE".

We do not allow users to change their nicknames.

Click "MY PROFILE" at the top of the page. Click "EDIT PHOTOS". Click a "BROWSE" button and select your picture. Click "UPLOAD IMAGE(S)". Check your profile to see your photo.

You cannot change your username but you can change your password. Click "MY PROFILE" at the top of the page. Click "EDIT PROFILE". Change your password in the "PASSWORD" field and click "UPDATE PROFILE".

Visit the lost password page to retrieve your password.

Yes you can! Click "MY PROFILE" at the top of the page. Click "EDIT PROFILE " and select the box that reads "Receive an email alert whenever you receive a new private message". Click "UPDATE PROFILE".

To cancel your account you need send a request to Team GS Poetry. After submitting a request your account will be cancelled within 12 hours.

Under the "My Profile" menu at the top of the page, click "Edit Blog Entries". On the next page click the "Add Blog Entry" in the upper right corner. Enter a title and your content, then click "Post Entry".

To Block a member, go to that member's profile and click on "Block Member" To Unblock a member, you can either go to that member's profile and "Unblock" or go to your own profile, click on "View/edit blocked members" on bottom left side to see all the members you have blocked and unblock the ones you want.

Now, if a member is blocked, he/she will have no way of communicating with you. Therefore, blocked member will have to apologize in public forum or in his/her own blog in order to get unblocked (hopefully).

Enter a URL (website address) of the image you want to use as a background by going to EDIT PROFILE and enter the address in the "Custom Background Image URL" field. Make sure the "Foreground Opacity On?" box is checked. PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT USE ANY BACKGROUND THAT WAS NOT CREATED BY YOU! IF YOU SEE AN IMAGE OR PHOTO ON THE INTERNET AND WANT TO USE IT ON YOUR PAGE, YOU MUST ASK THE THE OWNER OF THE IMAGE/WEBSITE FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE IMAGE. If you use an image without permission from the owner, we will delete the image once we are notfied of the unauthorized use. Please use links to images that you own. (i.e. images on your MySpace page, Photobucket, Flickr, etc.)

To send a private message, go to a poet's profile page and look on the left side of the page under the "ABOUT ME" section. Click the "Send Me A Message" link. Fill in the subject and message fields and click "SUBMIT".

To get music on your page, go to imeem.com and create a playlist. A URL (web address) will be generated for you. Take that URL and paste it in your blog. That's it!

You can receive GS Credits by doing the following:

1. Become an active poet and submit poems. You will receive more GS Credits for quality poems.
2. Be active and comment on other member's poems. You will receive GS Credits for sincere, constructive, and nonabusive comments. Note: One, two, or three word comments will not receive GS Credits. Our system will also remove credits for comment abuse using the repetitive characters or words.
3. Read the poems on ShowCase. If you read, rate, and comment on the showcased poems, you will also receive GS Credits.
4. Become a GS Gold member. You will receive 500 credits each month for being a GS Gold Member
5. Fastest way to earn GS Credits is by purchasing them. One U.S. dollar ($1) gives you 150 credits ($2 = 300 credits and so on)

NOTE: You will NOT receive GS Credits for commenting on your own poems. You will NOT receive more GS Credits for commenting on the same poem multiple times.

1. Only members with GS Credits are included on "Random Poets of the Day" list
2. You can use GS Credits to bid for a spot on the main Poetry page to showcase any of your poems.
3. You can use GS Credits to host contests. (Coming Soon)
4. You can use GS Credits to join certain GS Events. (Coming Soon)
5. GS credits will also be used on many of the new features coming soon to GS Poetry.

Members earn credits by commenting on or submitting poems. If you delete your poems or poems that you commented on are deleted, you lose the credits you gained. This prevents the system from being abused by members submitting bogus poems for comments.

Groups is a terrific way to communicate with friends, family, classmates, and other members with the same interests. Choose a category, create a group and start getting other members to join. You can also start poetry battles between groups, states, schools, friends, and more. You can even have SOULCAST poetry battles!!! The options are endless!

Groups is way for members not to feel left out. Weather you start a group or join one, here's your opportunity to shine and be heard!

Yes you can! Anyone can create a group if they want. However, it is up to you to get members to join your group.

You have to be an administrator of that Group to post blog/news entries. Send a private message to an administrator of that Group to see if you can become one.

You have to contact one of the Group administrators and he/she can remove you from the Group.

Use the category “Other” if you can’t find a category for your Group. If you feel strongly that we should have a new category, please send an email with your suggestion to gsmember@gspoetry.com

• Approve is when an administrator approves a member to join a group.
• Promote is when a group owner gives another member administrator privileges.
• De-Admin is when a group owner takes admin rights away from another member.
• Remove allows an administrator to remove any member from a group.

1. Go to the main group page
2. Look under the section "Latest Group Members" on the left side of the page and click the "View All Group Members" link
3. You will see a list of the current and pending members
4. Click "Approve" or "Decline" for each pending member

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Once your file has uploaded, it will be added to your "My Soulcasts" section on your profile page. It will also be added to the Soulcast Playlist for all to see! Make sure your MP3 file is no more than 5 megabytes. Uploads may take a few minutes depending on file size & internet connection.

Visit the main Soulcast page and click on a Soulcast title. That's it! Please note that you will need the latest version of Flash to listen to a Soulcast. Download & install the Flash Player here.

Sometimes your Soulcast won’t play file because it did not convert to an MP3 correctly. The best remedy that has helped other members is to use a program called Audacity. It's a free program that converts sound files into MP3 files. You will need to download two files: The Audacity program and the LAME MP3 Encoder. This should get your Soulcast working.

Go under “My Profile” , then click “Edit Soulcasts”. You will see a "Delete" link to the right of the Soulcast.