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Conventional poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:

The Amo Soph Arcane by Jack Hirschman , 1997

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 31858072460045]
Identifier: CC-33584-35237
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Apocalyptic Sonnets / Clark, Robert ; Fisher, Allen., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-17117-17475
Scope and Contents

Includes reproductions of etchings by R. Clark, and poems by Allen Fisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Arches - Selected Poems / Davey, Frank ; Nichol bp., 1980

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Identifier: CC-47321-50064
Scope and Contents

bp Nichol edited and wrote the introductory essay to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

The Art of English Poesy: A Critical Edition edited by Frank Whigham & Wayne A. Rebhorn / Puttenham, George., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-52641-73777
Scope and Contents

This book of English Renaissance poetry and criticism was first published in 1589. This new edition provides a 71 page introductory biography of Puttenham. Shaped poems are printed on pages 182-186 of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

The Artist in His World / McCulloch, Ian ; Gray, Alasdair., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-32581-34162
Scope and Contents

The book consists of Ian McCulloch prints, created from 1986 to 1997, accompanied by eight poems by Alasdair Gray. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The Atoll / Smith, William Jay; Smith, Sonja., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-33671-35331
Scope and Contents

New Year's greetings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Ballad of no Berets / Shulman, Matthew H.., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-33860-35531
Scope and Contents

This poem was printed by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

The Bee / Paul Oratofsky; April Vollmer; A.S.C. Rower., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-05243-5345
Scope and Contents

This work, with an envelope encased in beeswax, was designed by A.S.C. Rower. If the beeswax is slit, a leaflet can be retrieved from the envelope. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Beginning of Sunny Dawn / levy, d.a.., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-07269-7412
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Sandy Webb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Beginning of Sunny Dawn & Red Lady / levy, d.a.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-07330-7474
Scope and Contents

Doug Blazek designed the abstract markings on the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

the black box of poems / Depew, Linda ; Depew, Wally ; LeWitt S., 2003

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Identifier: CC-51142-72229
Scope and Contents This work was dedicated to Sol Lewitt. A leaflet placed at the beginning of this project by Wally Depew states the following with regard to his wife, Linda. "The box and the eight page, single sheet, folded books were cut, folded and formed by Linda. Linda Words Poem was coloured and painted by Linda. The sewed books were sewed by Linda. The whole project was overseen, criticized and approved by Linda. Thanks Fee, you keep the fun in life." The works in this project employ a large number of fonts and are particularly focused but not exclusively on transmorfation, e.g., beginning with one word and passing through several alterations of the letters to form another word. This work is a partial summation of the artistic/poetic of Wally and Linda Depew.Obituary Contra Costa Times: Wally Depew, an artist, musician, poet and writer, died August 18, 2007 in Patagonia, Arizona, two months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 69. A native of Scranton, Pa., he was a Phi Beta...
Dates: 2003

The Bloodletting 2nd Edition / Katzman, Allan ; levy da., 1965

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Identifier: CC-33903-35575
Scope and Contents

This booklet printed by da levy has a map as its cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

The Bloodletting / Katzman, Allan ; levy da., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-48976-70014
Scope and Contents

This booklet printed by da levy is the first edition; the Sackner Archive also holds the 2nd edition. According to an essay in Congress No.1, this book was seized by Cleveland Police for obscenity from Asphodel Book Store in 1966 but in Marvin Sackner's perusal, it did not even remotely reveal obcenity. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

The Blue Sail, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-42824-44864
Scope and Contents

This book is a selection of Finlay's poems over 40 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002