Old poems

I was cleaning out my old desk when I found a cardboard box underneath it. Inside the box were some of my old books and a yellow folder marked "Stories and Poems". I opened it excitedly, reading through all of that I had written in my younger years. I also chose some poems to go into that poetry book I'm working on. With the poems from my laptop, those from the folder, and a few others I found, that makes a total of about 25 poems so far. I think I'll go through and revise some of them and then type up all of them before I put them into the collection. Hopefully, this will be done in a month. I mean, there aren't THAT many poems to go through, after all.

While I was reading through them, I realize that most of my poetry sounds like it was meant for children to read while others sound like song lyrics. Only a few might pass for "contemporary young adult poetry." I suppose I can divide my poetry into sections based on their type--children's rhymes, song lyrics, and contemporary young adult. I would also like to write little notes on each one about what inspired each poem or the possible meanings behind them. When I re-read them today, I was struck by how some poems sound really obscure and could probably be lost on a reader.

Also, I am debating on other ways to divide up the poems. Chronologically perhaps? Or by subject? Or maybe I will just go with my original plan and divide them by type. We'll see.