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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

The Second Novel: On Becoming a Writer / Blei, Norbert., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-23079-23516
Scope and Contents

This is a special issue of December Magazine comprising Vol.21 No.1-2, 1978. The style of this book appears to be influenced by Kenneth Patchen's early works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Self-Portrait Gate, 2001

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-37362-39215
Scope and Contents

In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on facing pages 40-41. The shape of the poem is a caricatured face in profile on the left page with a cartoon bubble idea on the right page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Sense Books: Nose Book, Tongue Book, Ear Book, Eye Book, Skin Book, 1978 - 1979

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Identifier: CC-17402-17767
Scope and Contents

These five books, each relating to one of the senses, are a "tour de force" of book design. They have a playful quality which permits interaction between the reader and the book through unfoldings, pulling apart layered objects, and visual peeks for a fun filled, kinetic experience. The text is replete with puns and cliches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

The Shaper / Gillespie, A. Lincoln., 1948

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Identifier: CC-55667-59940
Scope and Contents Internet: This work amounts to an illustrated prose poem rant on modern art and artists in general, touching on psychology, artistic theory, the working class and labor, politics, etc., and mentioning Gertrude Stein and John Steinbeck. This must be one of the strangest, if not one of the most overlooked works of visual poetry in the United States. "Gillespie was a member of the group that centered around Transition Magazine in the 1920's and 30's. His work not only eschewed standard spelling and punctuation, it incorporated symbols and drawings and resembles musical notation. A selection of his work appeared in the third issue of Beaudoin's little magazine Iconograph, and was the only section of the magazine that had to be mimeographed, as the printer couldn't handle the eccentricities of the piece" (Adam Davis) Abraham Lincoln Gillespie, Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1895 and died in New York in 1950. "In 1922 he moved to Paris where became friends with writers James Joyce and...
Dates: 1948

The Shepheardes Calender / Greene, Roland., 1990

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Identifier: CC-10156-10357
Scope and Contents

In this essay, Greene analyzes this Renaissance poem that loosely relates to concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Singing of Feeling / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

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Identifier: CC-09688-9881
Scope and Contents

houedard provides a critical analysis of the artistic works of Ken Cox. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Sound of Running Water / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

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Identifier: CC-10977-11189
Scope and Contents

Consisits of a line of black staggered letters ending in the word Revolution printed in red. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Stars My Destination / Bester, Alfred., 1957

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Identifier: CC-55741-9999304
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book is a first American edition, first printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

The State of Things, 2006 / Nora Ligorano; Marshall Reese; C Bernstein., 2006

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Identifier: CC-49318-70360
Scope and Contents

This dvd documents an ice sculpture formed of the letters of the word "DEMOCRACY" which was placed in the garden of the gallery on the third anniversary of the Iraq war. Its collapse due to the heat of the day was a metaphor for the tragic fate of democracy during that time period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The State of Things, 2006 / Nora Ligorano; Marshall Reese; C Bernstein., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-49318-70360
Scope and Contents

This dvd documents an ice sculpture formed of the letters of the word "DEMOCRACY" which was placed in the garden of the gallery on the third anniversary of the Iraq war. Its collapse due to the heat of the day was a metaphor for the tragic fate of democracy during that time period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The Subverse Wanders off the Word / Endwar., 1990

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Identifier: CC-14029-14334
Scope and Contents

Endwar titles a poem from a word(s) and fragments it(them) into clusters and spaces, while retaining the same order of the letters, to form a new poem which can be read from top to bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

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

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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

The Sydney Morning Vol.II (Word Works 1967 - 1991) / Tipping, Richard Kelly., 1991

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Identifier: CC-01554-1589
Scope and Contents

On the unbound page, Tipping provides background notes for each of the concrete poetic prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991