Houedrad draws a diagram describing how this reversal poem is to be set up on a looking glass.On the lower left side is inscribed " for ihf" e.g. Ian Hamilton Finlay. On the lower right an additional poem is drawn in rectangles that reads "louez" and "longs." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedrad draws a diagram describing how this reversal poem is to be set up on a looking glass. His instructions are "this version may be printed on thick white (card) to stand on looking glass best wld be for card to be such that it can be bent thus." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cameron writes that this is "a page in typescript & dsh's hand offering 'a guide for a 24 12 8 6 point circle' to be made on a lettera 22 typewriter with single line adjustment" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This page contains R-L on the left side and the letters eft and ight on the right side so that the words Left, Reft, Light and Right can be created. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard wrote this poem with his typical printed letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text is written in red and black capital letters. The text reads both right to left (black) and right to left (red) if the paper is turned over and read on the reverse side. It states,"Welcome to days to come! Shall we forfeit much? Sight, hearing, speech perhaps and thought? In the end our loss is self, the glory our gain." The appropriate punctuation marks are written in red and black as are directional arrows. The letters are written written twice, text over text or mirror image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.