Themes and chronology.

As I've been saying for a while, I've decided to put together a volume of poetry for publication. Now, I'm nowhere near complete - I know that it's currently a little scant, and I've been feeling like writing more poetry lately anyhow. The problem I've been facing is deciding how to organize all of the poems I have. Chronologically? Alphabetically? Thematically? Some combination of these?

I asked for feedback on my Facebook page, and the answer I got unanimously was to organize alphabetically within themes. After doing so, however, I realized that they didn't read well together. But chronologically in themes? The poems almost tell a story if read in order, and that's too good to pass up. So chronologically in themes it is.

Here are my rough ideas for divisions thus far:

1. Poems about mental health and feelings of depression, etc.
2. Poems about both the good and the bad of a particular past relationship; when read chronologically, it's ridiculously obvious how unhealthy that relationship was.
3. The Feminine Obsession. These poems were written for a project with the same name, and it's about unrequited, nearly stalker-like love towards women.
4. Poems about a hypothetical succubus who makes for interesting subject matter, who I simply refer to as "she."
5. Poems about my current relationship. Hooyah.
6. The rest of the poems. There are quite a few, but they don't fit neatly into themes.

Aside from "The Feminine Obsession," I have yet to name any of these sections. I will definitely keep posting as more happens. Have a good week!