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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

Anagragrammiste; Trou Verge/Un Bel Orage / Dupuy, Jean., 1987

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Identifier: CC-15619-15947
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Trou translates as hole; verge translates as penis. Vert (painted green) is green and rouge is red (painted red) - a double anagram. Un bel orage (a beautiful storm) changes to blu orange, painted the appropriate colors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Analysis of Beauty / Goldstein, Abby., 2001

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Identifier: CC-39192-41137
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The calligraphy that almost appears to be rubberstamped or printed is reminiscent of the drawings of Brian Moss, an artist also held by the Sackner Archive. Internet: Educated at School of Visual Arts, NY, MFA, Pratt Institute, NY, BFA Teaching and Academic Appointments: 2000"“present Associate Professor of Art, Fordham University, NY, 1996"“present Program director of the Graphic Design concentration, Fordham University, NY 2003"“2007 Director of Visual Arts, Fordham University, NY -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Ancestors / Brathwaite, Kamau., 2001

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Identifier: CC-47814-68834
Scope and Contents From Publishers Weekly: A number of august poet and scholar Brathwaite's recent books of poetry contain substantial revisions of earlier works; this 20th collection is the latest and most compelling of them, collecting in one volume a trilogy--Mother Poem, Sun Poem and X/Self--first published by Oxford University Press between 1977 and 1987. Mother Poem depicts familial and social life in Barbados, while Sun Poem focuses on a father and the growth of a young son, and X/Self posits its mature subject within a larger history that reaches at least as far back to the time when "Rome burns/ & our slavery begins." Ancestors recasts all three books by stressing as strongly as possible the spoken aspects of the text (thereby allowing regional and local dialects to threaten the homogenizing tendencies of "proper" English), cladding them in jagged breaks, computerized glyphs, "Sycorax video style" type, extended puns and unorthodox spellings: "cause no bright/ man cyaaan be// faddah to...
Dates: 2001

[ancient concrete poetry] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-09696-9889
Scope and Contents

The manuscript consists of preparatory notes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

And all is dead - And nothing moves, 1968

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Identifier: CC-37571-39428
Scope and Contents

In a personal communication to the Sackners, Adler commented that the poem in this drawing (last two lines) was based upon his first accomplished poem (Live to Circle). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

And / Crombie, John ; Harig L., 1998

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Identifier: CC-46398-49123
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on art board. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe edition that was printed on Hahnemuhle. The words "Now All Is Always" were strung together by T.S. Eliot in "Four Quarters" and later by Ludwig Harig in "Sprechstudien." This book s also entitled "Four Wise Words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

And / Crombie, John ; Harig L., 1998

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Identifier: CC-46399-49124
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on Hahnemuhle. The Sackner Archive also holds the ordinary edition that was printed on art board. The words "Now All Is Always" were strung together by T.S. Eliot in "Four Quarters" and later by Ludwig Harig in "Sprechstudien." This book is also entitled "Four Wise Words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[And Then & Then] (080763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08745-8919
Scope and Contents

The poem is written in underlined uppercase letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

And: WF 100. No.6 / Bob Cobbing, editor ; Themerson S ; Harwood L ; Butler B ; Greenham L ; Finch P ; Mottram E ; Nuttall J ; Mayer P ; Houedard DS ; Watkins I ; Clark TA ; Cobbing J ; Tomazos C ; Fetherston P ; Rowan J ; Adler J ; Claire P ; Griffiths B ; McCarthy U., 1973

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Identifier: CC-46977-49715
Scope and Contents

This issue commemorates the tenth year of Writers Forum and its 100th publication. It is listed under Writers Forum 100 and stored in the Cobbing box and appraised there. Many poems were written especially for this issue. It is also designated Writers Forum fours number four. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

And: WF 100. No.6 / Bob Cobbing, John Rowan, editors ; Themerson S ; Harwood L ; Butler B ; Greenham L ; Finch P ; Mottram E ; Nuttall J ; Mayer P ; Houedard DS ; Watkins I ; Clark TA ; Cobbing J ; Tomazos C ; Fetherston P ; Rowan J ; Adler J ; Claire P ; Griffiths B ; McCarthy U., 1973

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Identifier: CC-20552-20949
Scope and Contents

This issue commemorates the tenth year of Writers Forum and its 100th publication. Many new poems were written especially for this issue. This book is also designated Writers Forum fours number four. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

And: WF 100. No.6 / Bob Cobbing, John Rowan, editors ; Themerson S ; Harwood L ; Butler B ; Greenham L ; Finch P ; Mottram E ; Nuttall J ; Mayer P ; Houedard DS ; Watkins I ; Clark TA ; Cobbing J ; Tomazos C ; Fetherston P ; Rowan J ; Adler J ; Claire P ; Griffiths B ; McCarthy U., 1973

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Identifier: CC-20553-20950
Scope and Contents

This issue commemorates the tenth year of Writers Forum and its 100th publication. This copy has been signed by all contributors. Many poems were written especially for this issue. Also, designated Writers Forum fours number four. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973