According to Kent Taylor in a personal communication (1997) to the Sackners, this was d.a levy's first book. Further, he believes that "Dave" in the inscription was Dave Williams, a boy friend of Taylor's first wife, levy's cousin, Joan. Several copies were destroyed from the run and Jim Lowell estimated that only 10-15 copies remained intact. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover of this reprinted book, first published in 1963, was designed by dave pishnery. This book also includes reproductions of four covers designed by levy for The Free Lance and Cleveland Poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book lists the winners in an American Haiku contest along with their poems. da levy was eighth runner-up with this poem, "Hundreds of sparrows - Perching on telephone wires, - A cloud approaches." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image accompanying this poem is an abstraction of a barge (on the Cayuga river flowing through Cleveland) with musical notes eminating from its foghorn. The poem refers to the fact that the river caught on fire because of heavy pollution near the time the poem was written. The title of the poem is "the foghorns of the barges" and reads, sing to me mournful - sing to me mad - sing to me mist and magic - and everyone else as the city sneaks out of the haze - we laugh and throw firecrackers at it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The mainfesto deals with profanity. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

d.a. levy contributed six abstract drawings and Judson Crews wrote the poems in this publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue contains a photograph that is reprinted and reproduced in (Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings. The cover photograph is by Alan Horvath. Reprints numerous collages from Serif (volume 8, number 4, 1972, Marijuana Newsletter #2 (1965), The Day is a Prayer they Can't Understand (1967), Cleveland Undercovers (1966), All Gods Must Learn to Kill (1967). Also reprints Farewell the Floating Cunt (1964) in its entirety. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In the letter to billl wyatt on the cover, levy muses about a third part of the poem (only two parts were published) in which he plans "i think will be a defense of the county sherriffs (sic) office - they were pretty good to me considering all the lip i gave them - was on radio & T.V." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This prose poem deals with levy resigned to turning himself in to serve his sentence for the obscenity charge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Also designated Minibooks #3. First published by Ganglia Press May 3, 1969. Writers Forum published it December 31, 1969. Performed as a sound poem at UBC Gallery of Fine Arts in April 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Wyatt wrote the Haiku regarding eating animal meat anf levy responded as follows. "It isn't what goes in yr mouth thats imortant, it is what comes out of yr mouth." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Leed writes that he is sending poems to levy from those he sent for an issue of Wormwood. levy writes that he is returning most of them and keeping a few for an anthology that he wants to edit rather than seeing them publishing them in Wormwood. He also mentions starting 7 Flowers Press and the Ohio City Series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Leed requests copies of his book, Poems, but levy replies that he must order them from Jim Lowell. levy also mentions that he is going to New York for a poetry reading. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

levy describes a poet friend (RD) who is the only white man living and trying to make a difference in a black Cleveland neighborhood. He also doesn't want Inman to list his address in kauri (Inman's magazine) because he wants to be left alone to work. Inman writes back that he respects RD's intentions but rejects the poem because of its quality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.