The original typescript of this document was composed by Veronica Forrest (as she was then known) at the age of sixteen. Between the ages of sixteen and nineteen (1963-1966) she added annotations, notes, clarifications and other comments, as evidenced by her hand-written remarks throughout the document and on the back of typescript pages. The document, which is a manifesto or ars poetica of sorts, comprises three sections: 'About life in General'; 'My Ideas About Poetry in Particular'; and 'Personal Poetry Projects and Purposes'. It appears that the original of the document no longer exists. A copy of the document was given by VF-T's mother to Anthony Barnett while he undertook research for the 1990 Collected Poems and Translations. Gareth Farmer subsequently made a copy of this document, which he then gave to the Archive. Most of the annotations in the document are VF-T’s own. For example, on the first page she has written 'c. 1963', presumably at a date later than 1963. However, notes relating to age, pen colours and VF-T’s other work (for example, 'cf thesis') are Anthony Barnett's.