So, I'm thinking of posting my poetry on tumblr, but I'm worried about the possible consequences. What would you, as a professional poet who blogs their poems (which are pretty amazing) recommend?

Hey! So, I totally understand your hesitance. I must have had 10000 different discussions with Cailtyn [ alonesomes ] before finally deciding to put my work online. And I think it’s a very personal choice and probably not right for everyone, so let’s look at it from a fairly objective standpoint (because I’m obviously biased in my own direction).

Notable Cons:
*potential for theft
*inevitable mal-attribution [somewhere down the line, sOMEONE is going to post your work without credit, or with improper credit, or even crediting a DIFFERENT author ((I’ve had a couple of my poems get credited to Caitlyn and vice versa)) How you deal with it is up to you. Honestly I ignore ones that lack credit bc I don’t have the energy for them but I usually address improper credit bc I’ve had people get mad at me for “stealing” Caitlyn’s poems when they were always mine to begin with.]
*most magazines and publications will not accept works that have been published online, even on a personal blog
*sometimes people reblog your poem but delete everything except the verse they like best??? that sucks

Notable Pros:
*exposure. Exposure, exposure, exposure. This is where my bias comes in, because both of my publishers approached /me/ about publishing with them, which would have been literally IMPOSSIBLE without me building my online presence, first
*incentive to produce more/better/more often [some people would see this as a con but I think it’s a really good personal challenge]
*feedback – now, of course, this is tumblr so most people don’t give /concrete/ feedback like critique, but once you have a little bit of a following, you can tell what works and what doesn’t based on the notes.
*community; the tumblr writing community is unbelievably accepting and gracious. It’s full of lots of very kind individuals who care about each other’s success. It’s a very healthy community for growth as both a writer and as a person

So those are my thoughts. Let me know if you have any more specific questions and I’ll try to address them