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Make Money As A Poet (Part 1): No Starving Artists Here
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items Here I share useful ideas, tools, resources and inspiration to help you make money from your poetry. I love poetry so much, and have found ways to make it more feasible as a creative path (This list has free and affiliate links included).
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Inspiring Videos And Reads To Get Some Ideas
Tools To help You Start Earning From Your Poems
Encouragement And Mindset
Inspiring Videos And Reads To Get Some Ideas
Here you'll find videos that will encourage you and give you ideas for making money as an online or offline poet. Poets deserve financial gain for their artistic efforts.
Explore five ways to make money as a poet with this insightful video. Very helpful indeed.
5 Ways to Make Money as a Poet
I love the concept of being an in-person typewriter poet, even if it's something done in the warmer months. Or as a side gig from time to time. It sounds fun.
How I Make A Living Creating Customised Poetry For Strangers In Minutes | Money Mind | Poetry
There are ways to monetise your poetry aside from writing poetry books. Here are some ideas in this video.
How to earn money from poetry | Monetizing your poems | Poetry Tips for beginners
Fancy this, why not type your poetry onto handmade paper and sell it through Etsy, craft fairs, book festivals and art shows? So many possibilities
Handmade Paper (How to make plantable paper step-by-step)
There are so many literary and poetry magazines that pay for winning submissions; why not give it a go? Many of them are free to enter also.
Get Paid to Write Poetry: 25+ Reputable Sites That Buy Poems
This article explores ways to earn from your love of poetry. You don't have to live off bread and water only. You can do this!
How Can You Make Money From Your Poetry?
Instapoetry? Yes, many poets are making money through Instagram. I'm not much of a social media girl myself, but it may work for you.
How to Make Money From Poetry on Instagram
Here's a link to my writer's profile on Medium. I'm a poet, writer, essayist, and all-round wordsmith. Check out my poetry and articles for some inspiration on your own writing journey. I've written articles here and there about making cosy, calm mon...
Words By Egypt 𓇢𓆸
You can join Benable and create your own poetry-related lists. Check out my ‘Enamoured By Words’ profile on Benable for ideas and inspiration. Where I share ideas and things related to writing, poetry and words. You can list your own poetry books, bo...
Enamoured By Words | Profile on Benable
Tools To help You Start Earning From Your Poems
As a poet, I've uncovered ways of earning from my poems. This took some intentionality, research and self-belief. Here I share resources and tools to help you as a poet who also wants to make money.
Here's a handy book to answer your question about self-publishing your poetry book. I've self-published a few books (on Amazon- Egypt Rain Mountain) and the first time can be a little daunting without proper guidance
Self-Publishing Poetry: The Inkwell Revolution
One tip to share your poems, is to include them on products and gift items. Such as mugs, journal covers, printable art, T-shirts and more. Printify can help with this, it's a print-on-demand platform that requires no inventory to be kept by you.
Printify
Opening an Etsy store is a good way to make money as a poet. You can sell your poetry services, poetry books, printable art, tools and digital products for aspiring poets and so much more.
Poetry
Mary Oliver shares some excellent writing tips for poetry. Considered one of the greatest modern writers, you're bound to gain some useful insights from this book.
A Poetry Handbook: Guide to Writing Poetry
Encouragement And Mindset
Some encouraging words for your poetic journey don't give up your dream of being a pet, you can do this.
Here's an article I wrote about the dark side of seeking ‘exposure’ for our work in online spaces. There are ways to earn and leverage our exposure; otherwise, we are left feeling burnt out and overworked. Take a look at the full article.
When Was The Last Time Exposure Paid Your Bills?
I love the premise of this book, you don't have to be a starving artist or poet.
Write for Money & Power: Anti-Starving Artist's Guide
My debut published poetry book. If you like emotive, thought-provoking, and soul-deep poetry, this book is for you. I designed, formatted, edited and self-published this book myself.
A Gathering Of Ashes: An Anthology Of Dark Poems
I wrote this piece about my journey to publishing my debut poetry book. This book came out after many years of writing hundreds of poems. I hope you can gain some inspiration from my story and from how I overcame challenges and finally published my b...
I Did It, The Monkey Is Finally Off My Back!