Alas, our greatest steersman has taken his calloused hands from the rudder and walked up the dock for some well earned shore leave. I think I speak for the thousands of DarkPoets who have benefited from his kind and steady stewardship when I say thanks. Thanks for giving so much of your time to help others. Thanks for making beautiful custom profiles. Thanks for answering hundreds of requests for help. Thanks for settling disputes evenhandedly and with a cool head. We are truly grateful, and wish you every happiness in your new pursuits.

GhettoZombie is putting together a series of chapbooks. He provides the following description on the DarkPoetry Facebook page:

CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS for the DarkPoetry 7 book chapbook series:
All poems pertaining to: lust, envy, pride, gluttony, greed, sloth, and wrath will be considered for this 7 chapbook series. Each chapbook will accept 13 poems from 13 different poets. Members of DP can submit to any or all of them, but may only be featured in three of the seven chapbooks.
Submissions are to be emailed to jmfpublications@gmail.com.
Submit up to 3 poems per chapbook and write the name of the sin in the subject line. Preference is given to poems which are one page long.
Please direct all questions regarding this venture to the email listed above or DP mail GhettoZombie for more information.

We have several new graduates from DarkPoetry College to promote! They are: Anna McCarra, Skye, Willow Wept, Tattoo Goddess, and Karebear.

They will appear on the official Scholarly Cabal and have a special mark appear next to their comments, so we can recognized that we're hearing from someone who knows a thing or two about poetry.

Also, a super big thanks to GhettoZombie for his extraordinary leadership in organizing and teaching this class. Great job!

The DarkPoetry crew has bestowed honors upon some of the site's most valued members, as we do every year or two. Please join us in congratulating the following:

Legends of DarkPoetry: RhymeBound and Feral

Order of the Raven: GhettoZombie, Lydia Jade, kinkifrog, lupus tenebrae, Amaryllis, Scarrzz, and Winter Born

Ordo Mercurium: TropicalSnowstorm, Star, River Lily, carlosjackal, sIo, Drea and dwells

Thank you all for helping keep DarkPoetry a great place.

DarkPoetry College, via it's capable instructor GhettoZombie has produced four new hard working and crafty graduates: TropicalSnowstorm, Beth, River Lily, and DK6_Marius. Congratulations to all, we are proud of you.