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About Poets of The Household
Poets of The Household seeks to encourage, support, and promote poetry in the English language with a focus on spirituality, faith, Muslim identity, and poetry in honour and praise of our beloved Messenger Muhammad (saww) and his Holy Household (as). Our mission is to create and facilitate a community where the creative expression of our faith can form and flourish.
At its centre, Poets of The Household is a community of readers, writers, and devotees. The work is English-language verse, written for the Prophet (saww) and his Holy Household (as) — devotional and literary, formal and free, classical and contemporary. We are not a magazine or a publisher. We are a society — open, growing, and oriented around the craft.
What we do
The work happens across a handful of regular programmes — open to anyone, no membership required to take part.
Poems
A publicly readable archive of community-submitted English-language verse — devotional, literary, formal and free. New poems appear as members write and submit; editors review for craft and care before publishing.
Writing prompts
Bi-weekly prompts tied to the Islamic calendar, current themes, or a chosen literary device or form. Members write to the prompt, submit responses, and read what others have written. Prompts are public; responses become part of the archive.
Workshops
Monthly craft workshops on form, technique, and feedback — alternating virtual and in person. Each workshop is led by an experienced facilitator and focused on writing, not lecturing.
Open mics
Monthly opportunities to read your work aloud and hear others read theirs — in person in different cities, sometimes online. The room is supportive, the audience is poets.
Education hub
Forms, devices, essays, and unblocks for working poets — a place to deepen craft between programmes. Source-derived, citation-backed, prescriptive only where prescription helps.
These programmes are open to readers and writers alike. There are several ways to take part.
Get involved
Three ways in — pick what fits where you are.
If you’re here to read, the archive is already open to you.
Join the WhatsApp community
Ongoing conversation, feedback, and sharing among working poets. The deeper-engagement layer beyond the website.
Join on WhatsApp →Submit a poem
Add your work to the archive. We read every submission; editors respond with notes or a publish path.
Submit a poem →Attend a workshop
Monthly craft workshops — alternating virtual and in person. RSVPs open ahead of each.
See upcoming workshops →Or simply read. The archive is open to anyone.
Editorial corrections, attribution questions, or requests to remove content? Get in touch.