How do I find publishing interest in a poem?
yeah, even if he is brilliant, getting published is as much a marketing game as an issue of talent. Being “in a community” is a major plus – if you know other poets, people who run journals, folks you meet at writer’s retreats, etc, you have a much better chance than if you just blindly send to a bunch of places from a Writer’s Market type of list. But basically, no publisher is going to “froth at the mouth” to publish any poem. Poetry isn’t a big money game, and it’s very subjective what’s good (“your favorite poet sucks”), and there are many, many more people who want to be writers than there is a market for their work. Good stuff gets turned down all the time (although it’s just as true that meh stuff gets published all the time – the network thing is important). Every ‘how to get published’ intro reminds you that some great writer or other was rejected 37 times before someone saw their genius. Anyway: your options are, a)convince him to share it online or print it in a local newsle
