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Conventional poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:

Wanted for Writing Poetry / Morris, Stephen ; Finch, Peter., 1968

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Identifier: CC-38227-40123
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This is the second printing of this pamphlet that was first published in July 1968 and reprinted in December 1968. Several of the poems deal with the topic of death. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

We All Have Something To Say To Each Other; Being an Essay Entitled Patchen and Four Poems / Meltzer, David., 1962

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Identifier: CC-62585-47747
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Also designated Auerhahn Pamphlet No.2. Meltzer provides a favorable critique of Patchen's poetry and literary work in this pamphlet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

Wharton Hood: Strip-Mining Traditional Haiku / curry, jw; Houedard DS; Nichol bp; Basho; Duggan MB; Gorman L., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20772-21177
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This piece was published in Rampike Vol.6 No.1. curry includes 5 handwritten Haiku poems by Hood (collaged onto pages) written as varients in House of Cards, Runaway Spoon & form the basis for curry's critical text. In a letter to the Sackners, curry notes that Jirgins (editor Rampike) "fucked it up by typesetting all the poems (including the bp Single letter translation!)(i'd provided him with a photocopy of bp's drawn version), rendering my discussion of Hood's handwriting superfluous..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

What are You Doing? / curry, jw., 1983

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Identifier: CC-19744-20131
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This was submitted for publication in NRG. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

What Are You Doing? / levy, d.a.., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48755-69789
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The cover depicts a detail of a painting entitled "Non-Sectarian Crucifixion," a work held by the Sackner Archive. This work is also designated as Card 13 from "Stories from the Flats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

What Are You Doing? / levy, d.a.., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48757-69791
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The cover depicts a detail of a painting entitled "Non-Sectarian Crucifixion," a work held by the Sackner Archive. This numbered work is also designated as Card 13 from "Stories from the Flats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

What / bissett, bill., 1974

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Identifier: CC-20949-21358
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The typewriter derived prints in this publication are printed on different weight and colored papers. A critical analysis of these poems was written by jw curry in an unpublished manuscript, What about what (1985). He pointed out that permutation of what to 'twhat or twat' depicted "by typewriter drawings of female genitalia, more 'pedals uv yr luv' opening into the fullness of an upper-cased WHAT..." Atwha signifies 'a trois,' depicted by 2 sexual images, one a photograph, the other a typed poem with x's & o's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

what dyou mean poetrys like bed? (231161) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1961

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Identifier: CC-57851-10001102
Scope and Contents This is a great poem about the far reaching impact of poetry.nThe Aramaic words 'maran atha' are written towars the end of the poem followed by the repeated phrase 'god come. Wikpedia: 'If one chooses to split the two words as מרנא תא (maranâ thâ), a vocative concept with an imperative verb, then it can be translated as a command to the Lord to come. On the other hand, if one decides that the two words מרן אתא (maran 'athâ), a possessive "Our Lord" and a perfect/preterite verb "has come," are actually more warranted, then it would be seen as a credal expression. This interpretation, "Our Lord has come," is supported by what appears to be an equivalent of this in the early credal acclamation found in the biblical books of Romans 10:9 and 1 Corinthians 12:3, "Jesus is Lord." In general, the recent interpretation has been to select the command option ("Come, Lord!"), changing older decisions to follow the preterite option ("Our Lord has come") as found in the ancient...
Dates: 1961

What featured Writer? George Swede / curry, jw; Swede G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20629-21031
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This article appeared in What #2 as an introduction to Swede's work in the magazine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985