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Conventional poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:

The Trees of Unknowing / Morrissey, Stephen ; Dudek L., 1978

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Identifier: CC-38262-40158
Scope and Contents

The haiku in this book are presented as amorphously shaped, fragmented, repetitive texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Vacant Frame and Walker's Book, 1980

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Identifier: CC-23166-23604
Scope and Contents

Metal objects consist of lead type. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

The Vienna Group: Six Major Austrian Poets / Waldrop, Rosemarie, editor ; Watts, Harriet, editor ; Mayrocker F ; Achleitner F ; Bayer K ; Jandl E ; Artmann HC ; Ruhm G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-42763-44802
Scope and Contents

Most of the works translated into English from the German are held in their original form by the Sackner Archive in the German Language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Vienna Group: Six Major Austrian Poets / Waldrop, Rosemarie, editor ; Watts, Harriet, editor ; Mayrocker F ; Achleitner F ; Bayer K ; Jandl E ; Artmann HC ; Ruhm G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-42764-44803
Scope and Contents

Most of the works translated into English from the German are held in their original form by the Sackner Archive in the German Language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Wiggy Blues / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09283-9465
Scope and Contents

This is a love poem with tongue in cheek content to Sarah Menefee, Hirschman's current companion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Winter the General Starks was stuck / Olson, Charles; Kryss TL; Lowell J., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48425-69452
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of Olson's poem first published by James Lowell in Asphodel cataogue #13, 1966. The cover print of a flower was done by Tom Kryss. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

The World below the Window / Smith, William Jay., 1998

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Identifier: CC-29960-31351
Scope and Contents

This poem was composed and printed in celebration of the 80th birthday of Bill Smith and the publication of his collected poems by the same title. The small engraving by George Wingate illustrates the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The Xul Reader: An Anthology of Argentine Poetry 1980-1996 / Grosman, Ernesto Livon ; Solar X ; Doctorovich F ; Ferro R ; Roessler G ; Lepore J ; Cignoni R., 1996

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Identifier: CC-30129-31527
Scope and Contents

This book is an anthology of poems from a contemporary Argentine magazine of poetry. Its name is based upon the Argentine artist, Xul Solar. Concrete poems by Roberto Ferro, Gustavo Roesler, Jorge Lepore, Fabio Doctorovich, and Roberto Cignoni are reprinted in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

[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
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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

Theme et Variations / Lalou, Frank ; David, Le Roi., 1993

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Identifier: CC-41460-43445
Scope and Contents

The title of the book is Theme and Variations on Psalm 23. Frank Lalou contributed illustrations of texts of several translations from early Bibles to 20th century ones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

there are 5 ducks but only 6 trees (171068) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-56298-9999727
Scope and Contents

This page includes two poems for Bill Butler. A handwritten addition by Houedard is "jn maclaughlan (stilt press)." The poems are typed on tissue paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

There are Sounds Listening / Depew, Wally., 1984

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Identifier: CC-52990-74134
Scope and Contents

The three drawings read "There are Sounds Listening - The long wall - Fell - The tall pole - Feel her fear - Rise - With you." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Thing of Beauty edited by Anne Tardos / Mac Low, Jackson., 2008

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Identifier: CC-62714-68526
Scope and Contents Cover blurbs: This landmark collection brings together poetry, performance pieces, "traditional" verse, prose poems, and other poetical texts from Jackson Mac Low's lifetime in art. The works span the years from 1937, beginning with "Thing of Beauty," his first poem, until his death in 2004 and demonstrate his extraordinary range as well as his unquenchable enthusiasm. Mac Low is widely acknowledged as one of the major figures in twentieth-century American poetry, with much of his work ranging into the spheres of music, dance, theater, performance, and the visual arts. Comparable in stature to such giants as Robert Creeley, John Ashbery, and Allen Ginsberg, Mac Low is often associated with composer John Cage, with whom he shared a delight in work derived from "chance operations." This volume, edited by Anne Tardos, his wife and frequent collaborator, offers a balanced arrangement of early, middle, and late work, designed to convey not just the range but also the progressions and...
Dates: 2008