: Re: Can I go to a poetry publisher with samples and be taken seriously if I have not had individual poems published? I want to publish a poery collection. Feedback via Facebook, from people who

Poetry publishing is especially difficult because there is so little money in it. Even famous poets have modest sales, and almost no-one buys a poetry collection by an unknown poet. Some famous poets, such as Dickenson and Hopkins, have been entirely unpublished in their own lifetimes.

Many poets today start out by self-publishing "chapbooks" (you can do this yourself at your local copy shop) and selling them at local readings. If your primary goal is to get your poems into the hands of appreciative readers, that might be your best option.

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