Poems and Publishing

[Byron]

I raise this matter in this area of the Forum because I have been in short correspondence with jarkko. I needed to know about copyright of our poems in relation to the Forum. He was most helpful and now, at his suggestion, in response to one of my questions to him, I am seeking any advice from contributors who have ventured into the minefield of having their poetry published. Has anyone out there been down that road? Any constructive considerations, critical suggestions and plain old common sense would be gratefully received, whether by private message or opening up into the public forum. I do not want to take any further space in this poetry section and I hope that someone out there can offer some guidance to this virginal, wordsmith's apprentice. Thank you for taking the trouble to get to the end of this paragraph. Best regards, Byron