Thanks. I’m always torn about adding the lead-ins because I want the poems to stand in their own, but in this blog post format, I’ve come to feel that the lead-ins are necessary.
I hope they’re written in a way that doesn’t take away from the poems. Sometimes it’s hard for me to tell.
It doesn't take away from the poems for me, in fact, I love it done this way. It's almost like seeing an artist's art process, you get a glimpse of where the final product came from, where the artist's mind was at the time of creation.
I’m glad to hear that. Thank you.