This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the same poem in red ink but pubished b&w in Williams' 'Anthology of Concrete Poetry' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The name Mao is typed using the symbol @ in the center grid.The title 'the east is red' is typed with dashes. The dsh and date are typed using dots.The paper is typed vertically and is read horizontally -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The first two lines of the poem reads "worshipped in honour of ousioos (inventor of furcoats) / & samen roumes (inventor of the twiggy hut). The text of the poem accompying the typed image is not understandable owing to words foreign to English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The story is a modern day adaptation of Noah's flood of biblical times, with a political surrealistic comnentary on Ronald Reagan. This is the second revised edition first published in 1987 by Stephen-Paul Martin -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The story is a modern day adaptation of Noah's flood of biblical times, with a political surrealistic comnentary on Ronald Reagan. This is the second revised edition first published in 1987 by Stephen-Paul Martin -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Wayne Clements writes, "These drawings were created in 2002. They formed the core of the manuscripts of a book sent to a Canacian publisher. It was to be the third in a series of visual texts ...Unfortunately, the manuscript was lost and the drawings were never published. In 2013 one of the drawings (Live Your Epitaph) was exhibited in 'Visual Poetics', an exhbition at the Poetry Library, London, curated by David Miller and Chris McCabe. All the drawings use words and phrases from Shakespeare's sonnets." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is Cook's original translation from the Latin for the poem that appears in his book, Venantius Fortunatus: A Basket of Chestnuts, page 49. The typed version is done in red and black but in the printed version bold face type was substituted for t -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letters of the typings in this exhibition made with an IBM Selectric electrical typewriter were done in lowercase Letter Gothic font. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This page contains the three concrete poems in the title. The third poem is an" homage a leopold sedar senghor." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the finished drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. It was partially typed and then Smith drew over the typed characters in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a preliminary drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a preliminary drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the printed Christmas card (1957) sent to William Jay Smith's friends. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book object unfolds to form a pyramid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This pamphlet was edited by Will Parfitt. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The spelling of the poet's name in this book is "Shant."Wikipedia: Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 -- 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author. Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications (with Ted Plantos), and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group. The Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, given annually to a Canadian poet, was established in his memory. The contest ran from 1996-2008.In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.