On the last page is a poem in which each line has a different color. It reads THE GRAVE COLOURS OF EARTH - BRIGHTEN TOWARD - AN - OPEN BOOK - OF - LIGHT UNSTAINED - BY - WORD. The Sackners visited Gray in September 2004 and saw this poem as a wall embroidery (done by a friend) hanging on a wall in his library. Both the cover of the book and the dust jacket were designed by Gray. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each poem is briefly annotated by Gray. There is also an unspecified number of unsigned copies. The publisher, Morag McAlpine, is Gray's wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.