Do poets make good money?

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Nation

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I recently wrote a poem that i might be able to share with you all tomorrow.When my friends read it they told me it was really good and they could picture it in a book. So does anyone (probably monkey) know if they make good money?
 

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...poets are all poor till after their dead.....like artists
 

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Well that sucks good thing i plan to write more than just poetry.
 

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Its difficult. You have to find an agent, then someone who will publish it, etc, etc. Its a huge headache. I would suggest that you begin by submitting your work to magazines for publishing.

Otherwise good luck.
 

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Hold on there i don't think i am quite ready to submit my work. First i need to see if my first "real" poem was any good. Then if i get good reviews ill continue to write new poems.Thanks for the info though and hopefully you will read it soon.That is if my teacher doesn't think im a pyscho and throw it away or try to get me help.
 
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you mean by writing something like this....

My Understanding of the Truth
by John “Jake” Chambers

The gunslinger is the truth
Roland is the truth
The Prisoner is the truth
The Lady of Shadows is the truth
The Prisoner and the Lady of shadows are married. That is the truth.
The way station is the truth.
There were monsters under the mountain. That is the truth.
One of them had an Amoco gas pump between his legs and was pretending it was his penis. That is the truth. Roland let me die. That is the truth.
I still love him.
That is the truth.
When is a door not a door? When it’s a jar, and that is the truth.
Blaine is the truth.
Blaine is the truth.
What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck, and that is the truth.
Blaine is the truth.
You have to watch Blaine all the time, Blain is a pain and that is the truth.
What is black and white and red all over? A blushing zebra, and that is the truth. Blaine is the truth.
I want to go back and that is the truth.
I have to go back and that is the truth.
I’ll go crazy if i don’t go back and that is the truth.
I can’t go home again unless i find a stone a rose a door and that is the truth. Choo-choo, and that is the truth.
Choo-choo, choo choo.
Choo-choo, choo-choo, choo-choo.
Choo-choo, Choo-choo, Choo-Choo, Choo-choo.
I am afraid, and that is the truth.
Choo-choo.