This poem is printed on cream colored paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on gray paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on gray paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on brown paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This pamphlet consists of a poem in Spanish by Federico Garcia Lorca that has been translated by Karl Young. It is illustrated by three ideograms by thalia signifying 'open balcony.' The bottom half of the pages consists of a poem in English arranged like the railings of a balcony, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The five poems that make up the text are based upon Japanese ghost stories told by Lafcadio Hearn in his book, "Kwaiden." The book has an unusual construction in that the sleeve pages are to be opened from their sides to reveal continuation of the poem printed on the recto sides of the pages. In the introduction, Young writes, "...I make use of the three-dimensional pages: pages with insides and outsides... I hope that each reader will bring his or her own senses of inside and outside to the reading of this book. I should, however, point out that the insides and outsides interact with each other in various ways, primarily by paralleling or working against each other. The inside-outside tension should not only create a dialectical progression, but constantly turn the book on on itself and out to the reader." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The five poems that make up the text are based upon Japanese ghost stories told by Lafcadio Hearn in his book, "Kwaiden." The book has an unusual construction in that the sleeve pages are to be opened from their sides to reveal continuation of the poem printed on the recto sides of the pages. In the introduction, Young writes, "...I make use of the three-dimensional pages: pages with insides and outsides... I hope that each reader will bring his or her own senses of inside and outside to the reading of this book. I should, however, point out that the insides and outsides interact with each other in various ways, primarily by paralleling or working against each other. The inside-outside tension should not only create a dialectical progression, but constantly turn the book on on itself and out to the reader." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work consists of a conventional poem by Karl Young illustrated by four ideograms designed by thalia. thalia's ideograms are 'Patron of Thieves,' 'Let Us Praise,' 'Exploration Turned Against Us' and 'Peace with Ourselves.' The poem 'Exploration Turned Against Us' has the appearance of a standing crane. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem facing the conventional poem by Karl Young is an illustration by thalia of a man's head composed of seven different symbols standing for "goodbye, farewell, so long, go on, go out, auf wedersen and adios." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

With the exception of the choruses, the vocabulary for this poem is based upon the English equivalents of words and phrases in Jean-Paul Satre, " Les Mouches and Les jeux sont faits." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.