If I do it again, I will explain myself a bit better. It really wasn't against you or anyone else I contacted. After all, I'm a minnow myself struggling to get my 1-2$ per post, so I know how damaging it can be when someone targets you.

Besides commenting other users posts who publish comparable content, the best way of getting more attention is more SP, because users see and appreciate it when you can give comments to your content a better upvote. In return you get more upvotes for your poetry - at least in theory. That's why I pointed you to @originalworks: If you do a good job there, they'll hand you over up to 20 Steem to increase your upvote power. I think, that is a good deal.

If you're interested, there is also the (non paid) #freewrite by @mariannewest, where I take part occasionally as well. You can submit poems there too and you will get some visibility there.