M (John Cage book)

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M: Writings ’67–’72 is a book by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992), first published in 1973 by Wesleyan University Press. It contains the following writings:

"Foreword" (1973)
"Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1968; revised version)
"62 Mesostics re Merce Cunningham" (1973, originally a musical composition)
"36 Mesostics Re and Not Re Marcel Duchamp" (1970, also known as "36 Acrostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp")
"Mureau" (1971–2)
"Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse") (continued 1969)
"Song" (1973)
"Six Mesostics":
- "Present" (1970, also known as an untitled "Poem for Edwin Denby")
- "On the windshield of a new Fiat for James K. (who had not made up his mind where to go) and Carolyn Brown" (1973)
- "In Memoriam S.W." (1973)
- "July 13, 1972" (1972)
- "For A.C. on his 70th birthday" (1973)
- "Ten years before sixty-seven" (1967)
"Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1970–71)
"Mushroom Book" (1972, collaboration with Lois A. Long and Alexander H. Smith)
"25 Mesostics Re and Not Re Mark Tobey" (1973)
"Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1971–72)