In this poem, a vertical list of six "constructivism" words along two "constrictivist" words are placed within a square within another square with irregular borders to suggest a Malevich painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book includes a reproduction of "man?;" the original collage is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

One loose sheet incorporates image of an advertisement for "Other Books By W.H. Mallock," the author of "A Human Document." Adair is a Scottish author, film critic and journalist. He won the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for his book A Void, which is a translation of the French book La Disparition by Georges Perec. He currently lives in London, England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Thus poem is subtitled, "Dictionary poem in SN." On the left side of the card, Mayer presents an English translation from a text by Mallarme, "Les Mots Anglais (1877) that deals with creation of words. For example, Mallarme states that 'sneer' and 'snake' lead a reader of English to regard the diagraph 'SN' as being sinister. He then uses 'SN' to create a layout of words with such a beginning through incorporation of the vowels, e.g., snag, snail, sneak, sneeze, snide, sniper, snob, snot, snub, snuff. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The hornbook was the first lesson book on reading used by students in elementary school in the last century. In this card, Mayer substituted erotic images arranged in a grid for the slang meaning of horn(y) to designate another kind of hornbook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Consists of an introduction into the history of concrete Poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This collage profile of a stylized human body alludes to multiple physical malfunctions from "bald" to "cough" to "corns" clipped from newspaper ads. The figure is standing on a base which states "Under capitalism...medicine is a commodity and a business. Disease is a commodity of capitalism. Under capitalism, the businesses and institions of capitalism need disease as merchandise to do business with, to make money, to sell medicine. Fidel Castro - January 8, 1969." This poem was published in Mayer's "earmouth" 1972 and in Delo, 1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This photocopy of a stylized human body alludes to multiple physical malfunctions from "bald" to "cough" to "corns" clipped from newspaper ads. The figure is standing on a base which states "Under capitalism...medicine is a commodity and a business. Disease is a commodity of capitalism. Under capitalism, the businesses and institions of capitalism need disease as merchandise to do business with, to make money, to sell medicine. Fidel Castro - January 8, 1969." This poem was published in Mayer's "earmouth" 1972 and in Delo, 1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

There is a photographic reproduction of this work in the exhibition catalogue, "Sound Texts ? Concrete Poetry Visual Texts," page 210. The paper labels were added at a later time when the work was exhibited in a small art gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letters of the words of this poem are formed by squares containing micrographic texts. The typography makes reading difficult. The first two word read, "Thank You." The last two words are illegible. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is derived in terms of its text from Dom Sylvester Houedard (dsh as publisher). The typography is based upon Houedard's reversal ppem of the same tiotle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.