napalm sunday / he puns wied eu / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968
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Scope and Contents
'Weid' is a Scottish and Irish varient of 'weed' and eu in French means 'got' in Engish. This poem is an anti-Vietnam war poem that deals with burning the fields of that country into weeds with Napalm 'got' by U.S. military forces. Houedard may also be referring to 'field day,' that originally referred to a set of military exercises, a term utilized in 'A Scheme for Equipping and Maintaining Sixteen Men of War' (1747), e.g., These periodical intervals of eating and drinking...are to the Citizens as it were Field Days, for improving ...their Valour [internet]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1968
Creator
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, handwriting) in card) ; 18 x 13 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
shelf binder bedroom 2
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: d/h 68 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
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