Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Printed by Philip Gallo at the Hermetic Press in collaboration with Stamp Pad Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue prints the results of a concrete poetry contest. The first prizes were shared by Scott Helmes and Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The puzzle was started in 1989 and completed in 1998. Helmes' birthday message is rubberstamped in black ink letters with abstract ink swirls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The puzzle was started in 1989 and completed in 1998. Helmes' birthday message is rubberstamped in black ink letters with abstract ink swirls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this collaboration between the two poets, Bennett selected random words, and Helmes provided cut-up, fragmented, printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the back cover, it is stated that since 1976, Mr. Helmes has been a leading international figure in experimental poetry. Work has been published in notable magazines, including Poetry, Paris Review, and the Notre Dame Review. As a writer, his work has appeared in Print, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Monthly, and Whistling Shade, including non-fiction and fiction. As an artist and photographer, he has been included in exhibitions throughout the Upper Midwest. His work is included in museum collections world wide and his writing archive from 1972 to 1997 is in the Avant Writing Collection of The Ohio State Libraries. Mr. Helmes is professionally employed as an architect and lives in St. Paul, MN. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Helmes cut up pages from periodicals that had offset word and calligraphic content and arranged them into new forms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.