Which publishers do you know to be good poetry publishers?

Question

any you can think of appreciated. :-)

oh? and howcome you can decide that for the entire world? do you think it is impossible to go buy a book with poety in it? if not, howcome, did anyone accidentally publish? What happened to remaining positive?

Answer 1

The other poster isn't entirely accurate. You can make some money selling your very best poems to literary magazines.
http://www.theatlantic.com/letters/edlet.htm
http://www.poetrymagazine.org/about/guidelines.html
That's only two. I leave finding others to be an exercise for you. The Atlantic does pay for poetry, btw.
How much a magazine pays is a reflection of how hard it is to get accepted, and those two are both Very Hard. Always go for the hardest markets first though, as it's the only way to improve. Make a list of the best paying markets to the lowest paying ones and hit those in order. Avoid the ones that don't pay. If you don't sell a poem to any of those on the list, send the next poem. Keep careful track of who got what, though.

Answer 2

No one publishes poetry today, at least for the most part, except of course, the cheesy on-line publishers you kids are so keen on using. Those type of publishers are not really legitimate in the true sense and are merely appealing to your ego and vanity. Poetry is something you basically write for yourself.