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.