> I suggest putting your poems in chronological order (that is, if you put down the date when you wrote them). That way, the reader will be able to follow your changes.

GREAT idea! And anyone who knows me personally knows that I date every single poem of mine. In fact, I even include the DATE I completed each poem, because sometimes I write more than one poem a day. Hmm...my co-editor made me take out the date and times I wrote my poems for the poem book (can I say, 'bad fluency in that sentence'?). I thought that was really dumb. He said, "No one cares what time you wrote it." I told him, "Dude (I really wish I could quit saying 'dude' because it makes me sound like an idiot...I don't know who I got it from), I care what time I wrote it." But I ended up not including it. Oh, well. I just hope no one steals my work and publishes it before I can.

~Den-"thanks for the pep talk; I really enjoyed it"Kara