Some pure poets object to my inclusion of explanatory notes. Others do not. Moreover, readers not adept or used to reading poetry appreciate the accessibility I provide with some notes expaining my thoughts. https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/a-ballade-to-my-dearly-departed-friends-and-lover-c69aa9903a32

I used to explain every line of my poems, but that was when I wrote nothing but tanka. Now in my longer pieces I usually strike a middle ground but occasionally I do leave everything to the reader's interpretation https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/manifesto-1a8e00acb5a4 subtitled "an acrostic and otherwise formless downloaded poem." The acrostic is "Guardian Angels Only Protect Convergence Of Free Will and Death"