This book is comprised of twenty mesostic poems by Cage that draw on the writings of serious anachists, for example, one mesostic is based on a quote from Thoreau, "That government is best which governs not at all..." Anarchy is considered the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, a composer and thinker about contemporary society. Cage also wrote an intoductory essay documenting his thoughts about anarchism. The mesostics consist of the names of important anarchists, e.g., Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Maletesta. the book was written by Cage in 1988 but published here in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "art" appears as a mesostic in a vertical listing of words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "art" appears as a mesostic in a vertical listing of words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprinting of the work started in 1983 and completed in 1988. The first part was included in "X." A part was also included in the Norton lectures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This New Year greeting for 2005 contains a mesostic in its title as the first letters spell out Ed & Lucy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The words in this book are from "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce. They are arranged around the central names of AIDS drugs as a memory of those who died of the desease. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

One image is a rectangle of the words MATCHBOXES and a second image is a free form composed of red m's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The mesostic that runs through all stanzas of the poem in a diagonal presentation reads, "Eve Rosenthal." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The mesostic that runs through all stanzas of the poem in a diagonal presentation reads, "Eve Rosenthal." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The mesostic that runs through all stanzas of the poem in a diagonal presentation reads, "Eve Rosenthal." A handwritten graphite note on the title page of one copy states" 1st state w/o copyright notice." The duplicate copy does not have this note. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue documents how in recent years, Williams has gone from composing classic concrete poems to adding visual ornamentations to them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an excerpt from Joanna Freuh's essay in the exhibition catalogue, Hannah Wilke, A Retrospective, 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

All poems which were written by school children are printed in white on black colored pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The subjects of the tape cassettes are Questions and Answers, and, Reading Mesostic IV. They are stored in the Cage portfolio box with other material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In his introductory essay, Cage describes the background for the writings in this book. He mentions that his mesostics were inspired by one of Edward Denby's birthdays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In his introductory essay, Cage describes the background for the writings in this book. He mentions that his mesostics were inspired by one of Edward Denby's birthdays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.