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There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

You don't become a poet if you want to make any money.

Poets are born, not paid.

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true.

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly.