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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

The Horseman's Word: A sequence of concrete poems / Morgan, Edwin., 1970

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Identifier: CC-38220-40116
Scope and Contents

Also designated Parkland Poet Series No.5 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

The Hospital and Me / Bing, Ilse., 1968

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Identifier: CC-23452-23896
Scope and Contents

Ilse Bing painted the cover. She died in 1998 and her obituary, printed in the NY Times is held by the Sackner Archive. Over her last decade of life, she was rediscovered as an important photographer of the thirties. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Importance of Swimming / Freifeld, Larry., 1968

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Identifier: CC-11743-11961
Scope and Contents

At the time of publication, the author was Vice-President and General Manager of Something Else Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The International Concrete Poetry Archive Loan Collection / Claire, Paula, editor ; curry jw ; Claire P ; Cobbing B ; Cross D ; Crozier R ; Garnier P ; Houedard DS ; Kempton K ; Higgins D ; Nichol bp ; bissett b ; Tipping R ; Spatola A ; Ward J ; Helmes S ; Lax R ; Fontana G ; Finch P ; Heidsieck B ; Radin B., 1990

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Identifier: CC-17309-17673
Scope and Contents

This collection was placed on indefinite loan to the Library of Rewley House, Oxford University Department for External Studies. Each citation carries a brief annotation. The collection includes catalogues from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Iranian Revolution.../ "Obama Condemns Iran's Iron Fist Against Protests." / Morin, Jim., 2009

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Identifier: CC-49791-70846
Scope and Contents

Jim Morin's drawing consists of a large fist composed of the repeated lettered word TWEET that emerges from a small drawing in the lower left corner of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, president of Iran, twittering on his cell phone. Coincidentally the headline in the NY Times also mentions Iran's iron fist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

The Joking Muse / Stone, David H.., 1995

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Identifier: CC-03101-3149
Scope and Contents

Includes several shaped, typewriter produced, poems depicting a vase, hand, pitchfork, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Joy Of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words / Brandreth, Gyles ; Moran, George ; Aldridge A ; Carroll L ; Kaufman G ; Moore C ; Reed C., 1980

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Identifier: CC-20997-21406
Scope and Contents

Includes chapter "Poetic Pictures," which provides examples of shaped and concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

The Land's Shadows / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stevenson, Ann., 1968

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Identifier: CC-11925-12148
Scope and Contents

Ann Stevenson is the maiden name of Ann Noel, the wife of Emmett Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Language of Containment / McQueen, John., 1991

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Identifier: CC-06779-6898
Scope and Contents

McQueen makes concrete poetry forms from woven fiber baskets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Letters Between Us / Helmes, Scott., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32878-34493
Scope and Contents

In this continuous line drawing, stylized r's and m's are barely discernable. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Light Gate, 2001

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-37364-39217
Scope and Contents

In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on sequential pages 167-171. The shape of the poem consists of five poems with abstract shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Living Underground: A Critical Overview / Fox, Hugh ; levy da ; Miller B ; Higgins D ; Blazek D ; Wagner Dr ; Simon J ; Deutsch J ; Kryss TL., 1970

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Identifier: CC-10925-11137
Scope and Contents

In this book, Fox critically analyzes the poetic works of d.a. levy and his circle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[the longago & yetocome] (170963) / [poeme traduction] / POEME BLANC (140663) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Senghor LS., 1963

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Identifier: CC-57862-10001113
Scope and Contents

This page contains the three concrete poems in the title. The third poem is an" homage a leopold sedar senghor." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

The Magpie's Bagpipe / Williams, Jonathan ; Meyer T ; Finlay IH ; Fuller B ; Smith S ; Bunting B ; Zukofsky L ; Olson C ; Furnival J ; Tilson Jo ; Cage J ; Burroughs WS ; Siskind A ; Basho., 1982

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Identifier: CC-40865-42842
Scope and Contents

The book is a collection of short essays dealing with reminisciences of poets and artists that Williams had met. There are also diarist essays in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982