What Kind of Poetry is Most Marketable?
Recommended reading:Poet Power! The Practical Poet’s Guide to Getting Published, Chapter 3 There are a number of good reasons to write poetry, only one of which is publication. Writing for publication is different than writing for pleasure or for therapeutic purposes. It’s important to be clear about this. Obviously “good” poetry is more likely to be published than bad, but poetry is a somewhat subjective thing. Not everyone agrees on what makes good poetry. Certainly the fact that you like a poem you’ve written does not make it good. Neither does the fact that your family, friends, or high school English teacher tells you that you’re a good poet. To be published, poems have to be more than “good.” Every editor has their own idea about what constitutes good poetry, and every publication has its own style. I personally find it easier to just write my poems and then try to match them to a publication which seems a good fit, rather than trying to write poems for a specific publication. Th
