Answer:
Very few people are ever paid to write poems. The general demand for poetry is quite low. Most people prefer to play video games than to read poetry, and even those who are inclined to read poetry mostly read poems that have already been around for a long time, rather than looking for the latest poetry hot off the press. A rational career choice, if you are a great lover of poetry, might be to become an English professor and write poetry on the side. It makes a perfectly good hobby. Alternatively, you might have a career as an author of song lyrics, IF you can find a decent musician who is in need of a lyricist. Bernie Taupin has done extremely well by working with Elton John. But there are very few people like Elton John.