How do i earn money by publishing poetry online?

Question: How do i earn money by publishing poetry online!?

I am an amateur poet who would like to publish poems on the internet for fast cash, but can not find a decent site to post them on!. Any suggestions for websites!? Or are there no convenient places to publish!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I've been writing and publishing poetry for over 15 years, and I have to tell you, poetry is not about money!. Very few people read poetry, and even fewer people _buy_ poetry!. Any place on the internet that claims they'll give you money for posting your poems is HIGHLY likely to be a scam!. Read the fine print carefully before you agree to post your work anywhere!.

There are plenty of places online where you can post your poems -- people even post their poems here on Yahoo Answers, in the Poetry section!. Or you can get a Livejournal, Blogger, or Blogspot account and post your poems there!.

But "fast cash" and "poetry" really don't belong in the same sentence!. Honest!. I am not trying to pee on your party here; I've been in the "poetry business" for a long time, have published in some prestigious places, and it is just not about money!. There's no money in poetry!. Write poetry because you love to -- that's really the only satisfaction it brings!.

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Although I'm not sure of how it works I know that you can publish some of your stuff through Amazon!.com!.
Check them out, who knows it may be what you are looking for!.
also, what many composers, poets, artists and so on do sometimes is to put their own website where they can offer previews of their work and then charge a small fee for the whole!.
So if you can create your own webpage that'd be another way to go about it!.
Good luck!
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You could get online advertisers to pay you to advertise on your site!. You've got to get a lot of hits to make any real money!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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