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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

The Voyage, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-00352-360
Scope and Contents

Williams wrote this poem using only three letter words which gradually become smaller as the voyage progresses by fliping the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Watts Tower Poems, 1972

 Item — Box 414: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-02524-2566
Scope and Contents

This poem commemorating Simon Rodia's architectural Watts Towers in Los Angeles was reproduced from Creative Word 1 in the Random House English Series, an educational tool for the schools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

The Word as Such? / Christie, Jason., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42785-44824
Scope and Contents

This drawing was submitted to pete spence for publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

The Word Made Flesh / Drucker, Johanna., 1989

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Identifier: CC-16305-16653
Scope and Contents The first five pages feature a large heavy black printed "T" surrounded by or incorporated with letters or parts of words printed in black. The large letter completes the word. This is followed by pages that use one large black printed letter on subsequent pages to spell out the title of the book. In turn, these letters are surrounded by or incorporate letters or words printed in black or red ink. The smaller black letters have varied typefaces and dimensions while the red letters are printed with the same uppercase typeface. The typography is a modern day version of the style used by Ilia Zdanevich when in lived in Tiflis, Russia in the teens and twenties. In his books of that time, he printed two letters in a vertical row adjacent to one larger letter repetitively to indicate multiple words. Drucker has written a biography on Iliazd as Zdanevich was known when he migrated to Paris and appears to have been influenced by this distinctive typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin...
Dates: 1989

The World: I Saw Eternity the Other Night / Ward, John Powell., 1965

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Identifier: CC-57965-10001223
Scope and Contents

The fisrst stanza of the original poem by Henry Vaughn reads: I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driv'n by the spheres Like a vast shadow mov'd; in which the world And all her train were hurl'd. The doting lover in his quaintest strain Did there complain; Near him, his lute, his fancy, and his flights, Wit's sour delights, With gloves, and knots, the silly snares of pleasure, Yet his dear treasure All scatter'd lay, while he his eyes did pour Upon a flow'r. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[The Yellow Love 2nd Ed.] / Cobbing, Bob, editor ; Nuttall J ; Gysin B ; Benveniste A ; DeVree P ; Cobbing B., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20202-20598
Scope and Contents

Designated Pamphlet One 2nd ed. The first edition that was published in 1968 is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

[The Yellow Love] / Cobbing, Bob, editor ; Nuttall J ; Cobbing B ; Benveniste A ; DeVree P ; Gysin B., 1968

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Identifier: CC-20200-20596
Scope and Contents

Designated Writers Forum Pamphlet One. The cover was designed by Jeff Nuttall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Theory Of Mobile Texts / Gerz, Jochen; Cooke N; Juerges P., 1968

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Identifier: CC-52505-73633
Scope and Contents

This is designated No.735 in Gerz's Catalogue Raisonne Volume III. The edition size is not provided but is probably small. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Theravada: sun / moon / Burgess, Molly., 1975

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Identifier: CC-57188-10000514
Scope and Contents

Mahayana typewritings are stored in a custom wooden box made by Molly Burgess whereas Theravada typewritings are stored between two plexiglas book covers. The limited edition book, 'Still,' of 25 copies depcits excellent reproductions of the originals to the extent that it is difficult to distinguish the original from the letterpress reproductions. However, the originals are typed on a single page whereas the reproductions in the book are printed on sleeve pages. A comparison between the blackness of the lettering generally showed more blackness with the originals than the reproductions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

[There are approximately two billion moms in the world] / Goldring, Deborah., 2007

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Identifier: CC-46567-49296
Scope and Contents

The image is a map of the world printed in with the word "mom" in black and white. The text reads " there are approximately two billion moms in the world. What are the odds someone like me would end up with the best?" Deborah added "What are the odds that I'd find a card like this?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Thermals / Essary, Loris., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13408-13709
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984