This work was printed by Magnus Sandberg. It depicts a cluster of written words arranged in the shape of a hill. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Steen separated the components of the letter "B" so that it equals the number thirteen or one and three. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The verso of the card is Steen's offset poem "the poem begins here." The message from Steen to Williams deals with the time of arrival in New York from a Copenhagen flight. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This was Steen's first published book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Max Bense contributed a two page critical essay. Each page depicts a single poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Steen describes his vacation in the Bahamas after his visit with Emmett Williams in NYC. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

There is a torn hole in the center of each page that is present throughout the whole booklet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Mane in English = conjure and Mane with accent over 'a' = moon. Steen utilizes opened and closed parenthesis and a circle over the 'a' of "mane" to suggest cycles of the moon related to the word "conjure." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Danish words "red" and "dor" are superimposed in large black typefaces and set upon the red background of this print. The image is also reproduced in Steen's book "riv selv," that is also held by the Sackner Archive. *WEB Steen 2002. According to Steen, this silkscreen was printed in 1963. He was uncertain as to whether it was done in 1963 or 1964. The poem is mirrored so that the viewer can also read it from the verso. Steen takes the Danish word for red (ROD), and mirrors the first letter, If the reader views it from behind, and gets the Danish word for door (DOR). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.