There are exceptions to all of the above. So I think those who know when it doesn't apply to them will know.
If you can't write a poem that would find a place in a magazine without collective effort, you aren't ready. Rather than establish a pattern of off-kilter poems and idle chit chat, go back to your chambers and work on the craft.
Don't try to fool the editors. They are smarter than you are. (And than I am.) They have their own rules and are entitled to them.
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