Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These poems were written by students at Epping Forest High School, Loughton, Essex, when Bob Cobbing was the visiting poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Quartos number nine. Cobbing documents the first publication and performance of the poems in this volume which include a reprinting of Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom, Serenade.., Suesequence, Or/Ro, and Beethoven Today. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Quartos number nine. Cobbing documents the first publication and performance of the poems in this volume which include a reprinting of Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom, Serenade.., Suesequence, Or/Ro, and Beethoven Today. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Quartos number nine. Cobbing documents the first publication and performance of the poems in this volume which include a reprinting of Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom, Serenade.., Suesequence, Or/Ro, and Beethoven Today. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated pamphlets number nine. A performance copy of this work with added notes is also held by the Sackner Archive. it has the title, "Ana 1 - 5." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated pamphlets number nine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The panels and base of this sculpture are collages with photocopied prints. The work was included in the I.C.A. exhibition of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The panels and base of this sculpture are collages with photocopied prints. The work was included in the I.C.A. exhibition of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The typewritten pages are pasted to a large black sheet of papercard. The work was included in the I.C.A. exhibition of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprinting of the book which was first published in 1965; it is No.15 in the Poets* series. In the introduction, Houedard traces the history of sound poetry through a listing of the chronology of "notable soundpoems" beginning with Lewis Carroll in 1855 and ending with Cobbing in 1965. He also mentions Egyptian hymns 300 B.C. of breath poems consisting of may notes sung to one syllable. Houedard's manuscript for this essay is held by the Sackner Archive. This book was written to accompany Writers Forum Record No.1 by Jandl and Cobbing. One of the poems by Jandl in this book, "time passes," also appears in the manuscript and book of "mai hart...," works also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.