"Your opinion on getting published"

As usual, Leanne hath laideth the smacketh downeth. Everything I was going to say, she already did.

I would also echo Stephan's post as well. Local poetry communities are dying because nobody joins them! Get invovled in one. Or if you can't find one, stop by at your local university. I know sometimes their literary zines lack poetry submissions and sometimes they'll take outside submissions.