This drawing consists of three horizontally placed bars of paint and is non-verbal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letters of the greeting are scatttered on the page. -- 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.

This was a gift from Helmes to Ruth Sackner on her 75th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was a greeting for Ruth Sackner's 66th birthday, each envelope containing one letter of a jigsaw puzzle of the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was a greeting for Ruth Sackner's 66th birthday, each envelope containing one letter of a jigsaw puzzle of the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Hat is stored with its predecessor publication, "VAN." This issue was out of print and unavailable; its cover was downloaded from the Hat website. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each card was sent to Ruth Sackner at a different time and with a single letter in random order. -- 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.

Seven columns of varying colors contain spaced letters found in the word incantation. The poem was printed by Phillip Gallo and a recording of the poem was made during Helmes' residency at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in June 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.