I have a poem entitled "Oni" that I would like to send out to some magazines. However, when I gave the original to my poet friends for a critique, no one understood the title. It's fairly important to the poem and adds some great imagery; a Japanese friend of mine who read it agreed, saying that the title greatly influenced the way she read the poem and was one of the main reasons it stayed with her. I've been thinking about just adding a short explanation at the bottom of the poem, but I'm afraid that would look unprofessional. Is it better to just hope people will google it? Or how should I include an explanation?
