This is a sumptiously illustrated book replete with notes and essays about the avant garde Spanish poets of the twentieth century. In addition, the dvd documents film and video of some of their performances, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These poems were selected by J.M. Gonzalez de Mendoza who also provided an introduction. Tablada's (1871-1945) most famous visual poem Li-Po, is reprinted not in its ideogramatic form (concrete poetic form) but in a linear form. This poem and other visual poems were published as "Li-Po y Otras Poemas, Caracas, 1920. Tablada introduced Haiku poems to Mexican culture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book reprints Tablada's poems published in periodicals and books in chronologic order. Tablada's book, Li-Po y Otros Poemas published in Caracas in 1920 with a visual poem by Marius de Zayas is reprinted in entirety. The poems of this 30 page book are printed mainly in a calligraphic font and are reminiscent of the calligrames of Apollinaire. Thereafter, up until the last poems written in 1933, Tablada returned to conventional poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.