Monetizing Passion Showcase - Poetry

[LordFall]

Saw this really cool reel today of this poet charging $55 for custom poems on the NYC sidewalk. It's bittersweet because she ends writing one for a struggling musician but it seems like it gave her hope and inspiration so thought it was worth sharing.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU4o5-9DVJf/

For the right person something like this is a decent business model to start off. If she sells even one every 3 hours you get paid more than minimum wage($55 divided by 3 is $18.30 and minimum wage in NYC is $17/h) and if you get to the point of selling one per hour you sit down 6 hours Saturday/Sunday that's $2,640$ USD a month. Not too bad for a side hustle on top of a job or I mean there would be ways to do it full time if you really wanted to.

I was a freelance photographer for a while and thought about doing the same for tourists near the CN tower in Toronto and just having a poster that says $30 for professional pictures type of thing. 

There are a lot of options to monetize your passions, just gotta throw stuff at the wall until you find a profitable avenue that makes sense for your desired lifestyle. 

[CARDOZZO]

$55 for a poem? Just in the US or 1st world countries.

 

[LordFall]

I mean anywhere with high tourist traffic should work. It's only one clever way to monetize and market your craft, I'll be sharing others in the future. 

I like this one in particular because if you can make it in 2026 being a fucking poet of all things then what are you guys's excuses about? Let's get that bag 

If you guys would like to follow my own journey to financial independence, I'll be documenting it in the journal section here: