COMETS & STARS

Humor Incorporated

If you consider yourself the house humorist, the office standup comedian or just one who makes others laugh - incorporate your gift into your poetry.

Humor writing is as simple as replacing a common word such as curtain with a more uncommon statement - window treatment. The word, bag, isn't exactly hysterical but the word, satchel, has a lot more going for it. Take one of your existing poems and change a few words. Synonyms can give your piece a humorist twist or can initiate a motivational surge to commence with a new work.. If you create limericks, metered rhyme or free verse, you may expand your options with this exercise.

Avenues of Revenue

Increasing your income as a poet has to begin with creative endeavors. Search within yourself. What do you like? What outlets are available for the words of a poet? Additional revenue is what motivates, is a measure of success, and keeps the lights burning bright - in more ways than one. Consider the following Avenues of Revenue as a positive move to increase your income:

   Print your most highly successful poems on beautiful paper. Laminate it or frame it, copyright it, put your contact info on the back and sell them during open readings, speaking engagements, advertise them on your website, sell them to card and gift shops or partner with a non-profit organization to sell them as a fund raiser.

    Create customized greeting cards, note cards, announcements, etc. -if your work is applicable to this outlet. The same sales outlets as stated above can be used.

    Partner with a photographer to incorporate a poem into his/her portrait work.

     Partner with an artist to incorporate your poetry into their works.  

Poetry does not require paper publication to earn dollars. Poets are creative wonders. Use your creativity for additional avenues of revenue! If you wish to share additional Avenues of Revenue for poets and other writers - send an email to Writer@WriteInSpace.com

Searching for a Poet

If you know the author of the following poem - please email writer@WriteInSpace.com

"The boys stood on the burning deck

Eating peanuts by the peck

The flames rolled up and licked their chins

But still they poked those peanuts in"