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The verso depicts dsh's handwriting of the title "defunct" in the u.r. corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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'Weid' is a Scottish and Irish varient of 'weed' and eu in French means 'got' in Engish. This poem is an anti-Vietnam war poem that deals with burning the fields of that country into weeds with Napalm 'got' by U.S. military forces. Houedard may also be referring to 'field day,' that originally referred to a set of military exercises, a term utilized in 'A Scheme for Equipping and Maintaining Sixteen Men of War' (1747), e.g., These periodical intervals of eating and drinking...are to the Citizens as it were Field Days, for improving ...their Valour [internet]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This poem reverses when turned 180 degrees. Wikipedia: Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the Loa of Haitian Voodoo. Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix, and Baron Kriminel. He is the head of the Guédé family of Loa, or an aspect of them, or possibly their spiritual father. 'Samedi' means 'Saturday' in French. His wife is the Loa Maman Brigitte. He is usually depicted with a top hat, black tuxedo (dinner jacket), dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. He has a white, frequently skull-like face (or actually has a skull for a face) and speaks in a nasal voice. He is a sexual Loa, frequently represented by phallic symbols and is noted for disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum. Additionally, he is the Loa of sex and...

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This page contains 11 concrete, mirror image and reversal poems each enclosed in ink squares.The handwritten name "Nicholas Logsdale," the owner and founder of Lisson Gallery in London is on the l.r.side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the stationery from Prinknash Abbey, Houedard has played with the letters in the names of Nicholas and Fiona Logsdale in red and green ink in two separate columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the stationery from Prinknash Abbey, Houedard has played with the letters in the names of Nicholas and Fiona Logsdale in colored red and green ink in two columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This page is based on the letters of Nicholas and Fiona Langdale relating to numbers. The bottom half of the page is crossed out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the recto of an envelope, Houedard has played with the letters in the names of Nicholas and Fiona Logsdale in four designated columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the recto of an envelope, Houedard has played with the letters in the names of Nicholas and Fiona Logsdale in four designated columns. They owned the Lisson Gallery in London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the stationery from Prinknash Abbey, Houedard has played with the letters in the names of Nicholas and Fiona Logsdale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There are four permutations of "odyseus" on the left side and one permutation of "obedient on the right side." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Camaeron describes this as "f 'cap in dsh hand, notes & correx for an article, presumably the ISIS piece." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.