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Conventional poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3932 Collections and/or Records:

[Book + Bullfinch} / Fedulov, Alexander; Blake W; Picasso P., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-36709-38526
Scope and Contents

In the manuscript, there are 30 ink jet colored prints, some of which have been modified from the drawings also included in this work. Page 30 has the hebrew word for God framed by Russian text. In a note to the Sackners, Fedulov provided the following annotations in terms of the origins of the images and texts: page 13: A. Scriabine's "Prometheus;" page 19: Picasso's "Guernica;" page 23: M. Nesterov's "The Apparition to Bartholomew the Adolescent;" page 33: fragment of the illustration by A. Agin to the novel "Dead Souls"by Gogol; page 37: text from William Blake's "The Tyger" and "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell;" page 47: poster "Help!" by D.Moor; page 49" Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam;" page 53: caricature by A.Venetsianov in 1812; page 55: Giorgone's "Three Philosophers." Pages 37 and 43 are matted separately and stored in drawer second bedroom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Book of Ten / Zinnes, Harriet., 1981

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Identifier: CC-40887-42864
Scope and Contents

The numbers from one to ten are set in a concrete poetic format opposite each page of verse about that specific number. The frontispiece is by Philip Carey and the ten type collages are by Stuart McCarty III. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Book of Ten / Zinnes, Harriet., 1981

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Identifier: CC-41034-43015
Scope and Contents

The numbers from one to ten are set in a concrete poetic format opposite each page of verse about that specific number. The frontispiece is by Philip Carey and the ten type collages are by Stuart McCarty III. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Bookman's Beastiary / Barron, Susan., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31745-33257
Scope and Contents

The animal alphabet is illustrated with whimsical illustrations and humorous verses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Books and Broadsides, 2004

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-42956-45000
Scope and Contents

This card reprints a poem, "The World below the Window." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Books to Read in Utopia / Granary Books ; Acconci V ; Acker K ; Bernstein C ; Guston P ; Schneeman G ; Mayer B ; Coolidge C ; Berrigan T ; Berman W ; Berkson B ; Cage J ; Giorno J ; Phillips T ; Saroyan A ; Rothenberg J ; Higgins D., 1996

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Identifier: CC-10654-10863
Scope and Contents

The cover is a visual piece by Bernadette Mayer entitled, "The Golden Book of Words." The works in this catalogue were in the collection of Mayer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Books to Read in Utopia / Granary Books ; Acker K ; Berkson B ; Bernstein C ; Brainard J ; Clark T ; Creeley R ; Duncan R ; Ginsberg A ; McClure M ; Padgett R ; Rothenberg J., 1995

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Identifier: CC-34250-35940
Scope and Contents

The cover is a visual piece by Lewis Warsh and this catalogue consists of books from the library of this poet, novelist, editor and publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Born Under Leo / Morris, Stephen., 1972

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Identifier: CC-38232-40128
Scope and Contents

The tirage consisted of 25 signed and 475 unsigned copies. This book is also designated Aquila Pamphlet Poetry Two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Born Under Leo / Morris, Stephen., 1972

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Identifier: CC-38231-40127
Scope and Contents

The tirage consisted of 25 signed and 475 unsigned copies. This book is also designated Aquila Pamphlet Poetry Two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Borrowed Emblems / Lucie-Smith, Edward., 1967

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Identifier: CC-07560-7705
Scope and Contents

The broadside is a prospectus for the book. It states that the sequence of the 10 poems in this book were based upon rare emblems in a 16th century emblem book. Emblem poems are pictures with related poetic captions and are classified in this database as Picture Poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967