How do I get people to read, comment on and reference my poetry blog?

I should know the answer to this but I don't. I need help with this blog that I started that's about my poetry and the idea of being a poet and publisher of poetry. Don't people get new members by sharing comments on each other's blogs? How does one find related blogs and how does it work that one blog automatically links to another blog? Is that what the blog roll is all about? How do I go about telling people that might be interested to subscribe to or read my blog regularly?
thanks in advance,
my blogs are here: http://wsmagazine.net/words/
and brucewhealton.us/myBlog/