Title from title leaf.

Title leaf, 22 leaves of poems (each numbered and signed by the author), and an envelope with four hand-colored illustrations (by Jack Hirschman, Neeli Cherkovski, Soheyl Dahi, and William T. Vollmann), all laid in a portfolio.

"Poetry and art in an edition limited to 75 signed and numbered copies. Sore Dove Press is published and edited by Soheyl Dahi ... 2006 ... This is a gathering of the Beats, younger and elder, in the wild and bleak days at the beginning of the 21st century ..."--Title leaf.

The title leaf lists the names of 23 poets who participated in the broadside project, one of which was William T. Vollmann; his contribution was one of the original artwork pieces.

Printed at the bottom of each leaf of poetry, with the exception of one: "Printed by Soheyl Dahi of Sore Dove Press in [dates vary]. There are 75 numbered copies signed by the poet." Printed at the bottom of "Her number was not called": "Handset & printed by Jason Davis in Berkeley, California for Soheyl Dahi of Sore Dove Press in 2004. There are 75 numbered copies signed by the poet."

Concealment as a crime / Jerome Rothenberg

All my life I've been waiting / Harold Norse

Our self idling in a moony moment / Joanne Kyger

Out of the rain / Sarah Menefee

Yes, it's like a symphony / Soheyl Dahi

Fan : you call her down (noh play) / Anne Waldman

Her number was not called / Ruth Weiss

A place to stand / Lenore Kandel

Cuts deeper / Agneta Falk

End of innocence / A.D. Winans

Who raps for the dead lecturer? / Wanda Coleman

The rough grain of blackness / Ann Menebroker

New Mexico cut-up / Diane di Prima

Widow her / David Meltzer

Old man / Neeli Cherkovski

Of monkeys & men / James LaCroix Jr.

Havana by night / Alejandro Murguía

Wartime kitchen / Janine Pommy Vega

San Francisco / Kell Robertson

A valid question ensues unstitched / Amber Rose Tamblyn

Path / Jack Hirschman

Brainwashed poet / Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Poetry.

Broadsides > Specimens.

Sore Dove Press.