How does someone committed as a poet survive in the world?

I am a poet who needs a material foundation for writing the best and deepest expression of the human predicament. How might I gain this? Should I become a buddhist monk. Definitely I am an atheist so I should not be a Catholic brother, should I? Should I continue to be a teacher ? How does one balance the weight of a literary life on one's shoulders. I wish I had the answer to it. I don't know. I wish that I had someone who would love me and support me in this undertaking. I need a patron of the arts, a sugar daddy, a purposeful and contemplative space for pursuing my art. How? I ask you how? Please give me thoughtful and informed advice. a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Sills,%20Steven%20David%20Justin" rel="nofollow"http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/web…/a