where can i publish my poems?

Question

Dreams are man's own impressions
since ideas make man remain
that when i saw your beauty and you
a diamond in the earth innocuous
my thought was obscured by you
for my dreams and you becomes one

Answer 1

that was very good.my 14 y/o writes poetry,it is so deep,it blows my mind.ive been in recovery for about 10 years.my dayghter has observed me asking for help,helping others ,as well as attending a.a.meetings etc. when i first read one of her poems i was pleasantley surprised to realize that she was taking all of it in over the years..i will ask her permission to e-mail you one of her poems..to answer you question,no,i dont know of anywhere you can publish your poems,but i'll be watching your question to find out..also wondering how it can be published safely,ya know,without someone else claiming that they wrote your poem..keep up the good work and thanks for the 2pts

Answer 2

At a publisher

Answer 3

No easy answer to this, you will have to 'trawl' through all the publishers, Just type 'publishers' into your search engine, then wade through the lot, and start submitting to whoever you find that could purchase your work!!
Be prepared for lots of rejections, but keep trying.
At the end of the day you may have to go in for 'Vanity' publishing (I think that is a terrible term)!
USA publishers are a lot cheaper than UK because of the exchange rate, if you want to pay for your own I would estimate around $200 for publishing and distribution.
I felt that I had a story to tell and I went the 'Vanity' way because I don't think the publishers even read it! (or it could have been rubbish) I reckon I will just about clear my initial outlay at the end of the year, no 'best seller' no 'film rights' you must forget all that dream stuff, but if you can raise the initial cost I think it's a worthwhile effort, even if you just give your copies away to family and friends, Go for it or you will always wish you had!
Whatever! good luck to your venture.

Answer 4

Once again. NOT Poetry.com..
You can publish your poems on a website or a blog of your own, with your won rules.
Try to make a name of yourself, use a blog and contribute often with the on-line communities and refer to your blog or website where you keep your poems in each participation of yours.

Tell your friends and family about the blog or the site, and make contacts with other writers.

This will be a good thing to make a name for yourself, and then find a good publisher.

You have to develop yourself all the time, don't fear to be criticized.

Answer 5

go to www.poetry.com. I've had a couple of poems published their. They automatically publish them on their website and if they are really good, they may publish them in an anthology. But I have to warn you, they do publish ANYTHING, so some crappy stuff ends up on the website. If you want to get anything seriously published, I would just keep submitting it to different places or try publishing in a small time newspaper or newsletter. I've done that too. If you just want to get it out there somewhere, poetry.com is a good tool.

Answer 6

I used to use poetry.com a long time ago. The only thing they ever gave to me was a printed version of my work. Then, they sent an offer for me to buy the book that my work was published in. Although, they do publish these, where may I ask can you find these books anywhere else?

So, if it were up to me, I would forget these sites that offer exposure and publish your own and advertise it yourself. You might get a lot more recognition from that.

Answer 7

Publishing poetry is notoriously difficult. Most publishers and agents will not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Begin by entering competitions and sending your work to magazines. Once you have shown your worth in magazines try contacting agents with your poems and detail where you have been published in magazines and which competitions you have won. Good luck, I know how hard it is to get published.

Answer 8

Do you read published poets? (Seamus Heaney, Silvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes?) Because if you did, you would see that what you have written, Sir, is doggerel. Until you up the value of your writing, your only choice would be vanity publishing.

Good luck.

Answer 9

Buy "Writer's Market 2006." It lists contests and publishers. Usually there's a small ($5-$20) fee for reading. You would have to send your SASE (self-adressed stamped envelope) in most cases.

Answer 10

Don't listen to those mean ol' people who think your poem sucks. I think it's a good effort, it's certainly not doggerel. Doggerel is, for example, rap music, or "Beneath the moon the looney goon and his raccoon will spoon in June." Work on the English a bit . . . "you becomes" may just be a typo, I dunno. But yeah, Poetry.com will publish anything, for a small fee.

Answer 11

If you have enough poems, you can publish them as a book on www.lulu.com. People can then either download them electronically, or order them as a book. You could even make a little money if people like them.