Question in regards to commas.

The whole point about 'poetry' is that it is only pays lip-service to 'formal grammar'. Provided that your meaning is expressed, you can do what you like!

I know but at the moment it has no punctuation at all and I'd like to at least add the commas in the beginning of each stanzas.

I have no problem with where you have placed them so far.

Thank you for your input. I've been writing on and off for a little over a year now and I always have concerns about my punctuation. Never decided on joining a forum to improve my grammar. You'll be seeing me here often lol.

One more example:

"So I turn around
and as I look to my left,
there is a woman
in a coat.
She scared the hell out of me!"

Is it okay to add the comma before 'there'?

Ps: I've done some research and it seems like thats how it should be, before 'there'. No period. But I could be wrong.

'kay.

Comma looks fine, but your tense change from present (turn around) to past (scared) is worth reconsidering.

The original says, "She caught me by surprise." and I like that better than "She catches me by surprise."