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Young, Karl, 1947-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1947 October 7

Nationality

American

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

The Flies. The Game Is Up. / Young, Karl., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-00146-151
Scope and Contents

With the exception of the choruses, the vocabulary for this poem is based upon the English equivalents of words and phrases in Jean-Paul Satre, " Les Mouches and Les jeux sont faits." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Sweetness of the Breath of Two Who Breathe as One / Young, Karl., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-00147-152
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of printed text, which reads in part, "Given the nature of oxygen through the biosphere over time, you have probably breathed some of the same air as at least one of the following people: Moses, Buddha, Sappho, Jesus...and the first to experience unselfish love." Young's written poem of the title reads from right to left and bottom to top. It is positioned below the printed text and taken from 2300 year old Latin text. Young concludes "You may have shared a breath with its author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

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