Ok, lemme be perfectly clear.
For one, you're poem has to be accepted to be published and just because you're 'going to get it published' doesn't mean that it'll actually happen, and lots of people don't even end up doing.
And though somebody says they'd like to publish your work, it doesn't mean its nearly ready yet. Trust me. I've published three poems (I'm not naming them, so don't ask nosy-pants) so I know alot about the publishing buisnuss. It takes alot of work, and your poem/story has to be VERY good. OK...so you've written stories?? Are they published? No. Not until then can you say your a true author.
Thats the honest truth, so don't go whining to me. Toodles!