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The title "a snow mouse " reads the same upside down. The other two reversals are "aw noh / you me." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem was composed for Bob Cobbing/Writers Forum Exhibition at Ceolfrith Sunderland. The writing on the recto of this poem, 'And North East,' is visible on the verso as 'IRA Want Athos.' In Greek mythology, Athos was one of the Gigantes. He threw a mountain at Zeus, who knocked it to the ground near Macedonia. The mountain became the holy peak of Mount Athos, an ancient monastic state. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title "apes sade " reads the same upside down. The other reversals are "woad peom,"i was semi," teat teat" and "doom woop." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In addition to AUM=OM Houedard has reversed his initials dsh and dsH.This work is drawn on perforated tissue paper. AUM a mystical Sanskrit sound of Hindu origin (India), sacred and important in various Dharmic religions such as Sanātana Dharma or Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. Iin Sanskrit, it is sometimes referred to as praṇava, literally "that which is sounded out loudly." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Edward Heath was the leader of the Conservative Party in England at the time this poem was composed. From 1970-1974, he was Prime Minister. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Edward Heath was the leader of the Conservative Party in England at the time this poem was composed. From 1970-1974, he was Prime Minister. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem was composed forthe Bob Cobbing/Writers Forum Exhibition at Ceolfrith Sunderland. It becomes a reversal poem (two poems) when viewed from recto and verso. Wikipedia: Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith) (Pronounced "Chol-frid") (c. 642 "“ 716) was an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint. He is best known as the warden of Bede from the age of seven until his death in 716. He was the Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and a major contributor to the project Codex Amiatinus. He died in Burgundy while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to Pope Gregory II in Rome. In this work, however, Houedard refers to the Ceolfrith Gallery in the Sunderland Arts Centre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem was composed forthe Bob Cobbing/Writers Forum Exhibition at Ceolfrith Sunderland. It becomes a reversal poem (two poems) when viewed from recto and verso. Wikipedia: Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith) (Pronounced "Chol-frid") (c. 642 "“ 716) was an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint. He is best known as the warden of Bede from the age of seven until his death in 716. He was the Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and a major contributor to the project Codex Amiatinus. He died in Burgundy while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to Pope Gregory II in Rome. In this work, however, Houedard refers to the Ceolfrith Gallery in the Sunderland Arts Centre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A notation on the lower right corner reads "February 14 - Nix Gay / Valentine (for John Furnival project)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Jan Palach doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on 16 January 1969. He eventually died of his horrific injuries three days later. The 20-year-old history student took this drastic action in an attempt to spur his fellow Czechs and Slovaks into actively resisting a return to hard-line communist rule in the country after the invasion of Warsaw Pact forces five months previously. Palach's extreme act of resistance briefly became a focal point for opposition to the Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia and his funeral was attended by tens of thousands of people. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Jan Palach doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on 16 January 1969. He eventually died of his horrific injuries three days later. The 20-year-old history student took this drastic action in an attempt to spur his fellow Czechs and Slovaks into actively resisting a return to hard-line communist rule in the country after the invasion of Warsaw Pact forces five months previously. Palach's extreme act of resistance briefly became a focal point for opposition to the Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia and his funeral was attended by tens of thousands of people. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.