Still worth it! I don't think it particularly matters if the author's note is counted so long as reviewers are clear when they say 'on line ten' that they mean not line ten of the poem, but of the 'document'.
Perhaps it will encourage authors to leave all author's notes until the end or they can use an asterix if they really feel it has to be read before the poem, but generally I'm a believer that a poem should speak for itself.
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