Which poem did you read? I'm glad you enjoyed it which ever one it was. 🙂 The community here on steemit is very welcoming once you get going. The trick is to write as regularly as you can but equaly importantly, to read other peoples articles and comment your thoughts on the ones you like/relate too. A lot of people starting out here, don't realize these simple things that will help you to make friends and attract followers to your blog.
You might get a lot of people commenting on your blog when you get started saying - I followed you, now you follow me please - this is considered impolite on here and gets a lot of people into trouble when they first start. Here is a steemit article that will help you understand the etiquette:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/the-complete-steemit-etiquette-guide-revision-2-0
I hope I am not coming across too preachy, this is just something I wish I had known about when I first started on steemit and I hope it will help encourage you. Good luck 
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