You can look into poetry scholarships offered by various associations and university bodies to fund your college education. It is not necessary to be a poet of repute.

Unknown Poetry scholarships in writing by the National Speakers Association (NSA).

The Ruth Lilly poetry scholarships fellowship is a nationwide poem competition for undergraduate and graduate students. These are not simple scholarships to win.

Poetry Out Loud poetry scholarships award you up to $20,000 in unknown scholarships for college to pay your tuition. Poems for scholarships.