Footenotes and author's notes etc.

[Leanne]

one thing i've notced is that often, the footnote has better content than the poem it's explaining, i often think "make that the poem"

You wouldn't believe how many times I've said exactly that!

I am generally anti-footnote, just as I'm anti-explanation, unless it's a very specific piece of knowledge that isn't necessarily google-able -- for instance, some obscure colloquialism. Not that we have those in Australia