This book consists of colored photographs of urban environments. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy is printed on light blue papercard stock. One of the poems "waTer vaPour" in this set was commented upon by Bob Grumman in his book "From Haiku to Lyriku" (2007). "Anyway, here's a clue: think lower case uppered. Remember gas expands." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy is printed on white papercard stock. One of the poems "waTer vaPour" in this set was commented upon by Bob Grumman in his book "From Haiku to Lyriku" (2007). "Anyway, here's a clue: think lower case uppered. Remember gas expands." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Bob Grumman wrote the introduction in which he comments on the form of Kempton's poems whereby a word is split into two or more words by intervening spaces. He mentions that G. Huth designated this form as a severlation. These poems are printed one to a page, e.g., artifact = art if act, justice = just ice, herring = her ring, netherlands = net her lands, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover and book were designed by T. Mercer. This is the second printing of the book that corrected the misspelling of the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover and book were designed by T. Mercer. This first printing has an incorrect title, 'Perisyle' rather than 'Peristyle.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.