Poetry has never been my strong point – especially that kind that doesn’t even rhyme. It might surprise you to discover that some of those “poems” can be worth big bucks and that is just one way that your random thoughts can bring in the cash.

1. Greeting cards – many greeting card companies are looking for sappy poetry that will bring a tear to the eye of the giver and receiver and some even pay up to $300 for your work of art.

2. Shirt companies – somebody has to come up with those catchy sayings that are covering the bodies of so many consumers. Each catch phrase has the potential to earn you around $100.

3. Recipes – who knew that your famous chicken dinner could be worth its weight in gold? The National Chicken Cooking Contest pays the winner a nice prize of $50,000 and there are so many more contests out there that can be equally profitable.

4. Forums – there are a number of companies that pay people to go out and post comments on different forums around the internet. The income may not be huge, but if you can talk for 15 words on a subject then you can write a lot and make enough for an extra evening out each week.

The more you look around the more you are going to discover that someone somewhere is probably getting paid to write, create or come up with that idea that you just noticed.