Can I post my poems on here?

[JonnyBoy12]

I know I have asked this question before, but not in this section. Are poems ever posted in this section, and if so how long can they be? All of mine are 32 lines long, so would this be too big for a posting? I am also concerned about how to copyright my work, as I do not want it to be plagarised, obviously.

Would appreciate some help on this, as have been told by some of you that you are looking forward to my offerings, and do not want to let you all down. By the way the first one I will print has already been published in an anthology, so there is no doubt it's mine. Sorry to be so cautious, but once anything gets online it's free for anyone to see (and copy).

[ChuckFickens]

if your worried about copyright at all you may want to read the terms of use for this site

particularly the bit that says

7. If you make any posting or contribution to The AnswerBank you hereby assign by way of future assignment any copyright in your posting to AnswerBank and you also waive any moral right in such posting or contribution.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Info/TermsOfUse .asp

[saxy_jag]

As soon as you create your poetry, the copyright is automatically yours. You don't have to do any more (although people often do - belt and braces and all that). Putting it onto a website can actually strengthen your copyright, because then there's a digital time stamp on it that you can use in the event of any legal proceedings.

If you're worried about posting it here specifically (or if you're not allowed to), you could join one of the many writing forums on the internet and post your work there. Then you could simply post a link here if you wanted others to go and look at your poems.

I can thoroughly recommend Writers Dock ( http://www.writersdock.org ) and More Writing ( http://www.morewriting.co.uk/ ) for starters.

[boogieboogie]

As above copyright is automatically yours but what you can do to prove you own the copyrite is print off your poems put them in an envelope and post them to your own address. When you recieve them do not open them but put them away. If ever you find your poem has been nicked you can prove you had it first because the letter you sent to yourself is still sealed, postmarked and more importantly DATED... so you had it first.. proof.