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This set of cards documents an event that took place at the Manchester Poetry Festival. In a 2002 brochure the following was stated, 'Writer Philip Davenport and artist Phil Sayers have made a series of poster poems. This is an around the city exhibition. At first glance simply fashion posters, the young "female" model is actually a 56 year old man in drag; the words are a poem, not a sales pitch... made by cutting up articles from fashion magazines... Davenport's previous Imaginary Missing People (published Writers Forum 1999) several hundred missing person poster poems bill-posted in Manchester, London, Brighton. Phil Sayers has been an artist since the 1970s, exhibiting nationally and internationally. His work questions gender, celebrates transvestism.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

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 ×ž×¨× × ×ª× (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 ×ž×¨×Ÿ ××ª× (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

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

When Islam was sensual / Amer, Ghada., 2001

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Identifier: CC-43975-46086

Dates: 2001

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Wild Girls Redox: Operator's Manual / Knudson, Ellen., 2009

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Identifier: CC-50819-71897

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This book provides images of Wild Girl behavior with text from the Missouri Department of Revenue Motorcycle Operator Manual. This book was awarded the Bienes Prize for Artist Books, Fort Lauderdale Public Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books