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Found poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 900 Collections and/or Records:

I understand (2 Jan 1968) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56829-10000197
Scope and Contents

The top two plastic extensions are arms and the bottom two are legs.The full collaged text reads "I understand singly or in display." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

I wanna wake up... / Sackner, Sara., 1979

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Identifier: CC-59864-10002921
Scope and Contents

Found pages of text are interwoven on a visual background and stitched around the borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[IEntry] / Helmes, Scott; Bennett, John M.., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39274-41221
Scope and Contents

In this collaboration between the two poets, Bennett selected random words, and Helmes provided cut-up, fragmented, printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Ils traversent (28 SEP 1967) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56863-10000228
Scope and Contents

The beginning of the title translates to 'they cross.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Imaginary Missing Paper / Davenport, Philip ; Parkinson, Gary., 1999

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Identifier: CC-45093-47270
Scope and Contents

The book consists of altered photographs of family and friends of Parkinson and poems from description of missing persons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

In Octavo: Geometrie Variable. No.8 / Bernard Villers., 1994

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Identifier: CC-08570-8742
Scope and Contents

A leaf is collaged to the inner back cover of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

In the back of every dying civilisation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1981

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Identifier: CC-12066-12290
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of two quotes attributed to Herbert Read and Claude Chimerique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Information Series One: Notes on Umpiring and Exercises (Extracts 1). Suppl.3., 1980

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Identifier: CC-30345-31759
Scope and Contents

The texts is taken from a British Army book of standing orders for troops from the G.H,Q, Home Forces, 1943. The pages are rubberstamped from a single stamp in varying colors with images of an explosion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Information Series One: Notes on Umpiring and Exercises (Extracts 1). Suppl.3., 1980

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Identifier: CC-40480-42452
Scope and Contents

The texts is taken from a British Army book of standing orders for troops from the G.H,Q, Home Forces, 1943. The pages are rubberstamped from a single stamp in varying colors with images of an explosion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Inkwell & Paperweight, 1992

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Identifier: CC-38035-39921
Scope and Contents

Cutts lists the sources for the minimalist, colored, poems in this book, e.g., from Alan Halsey's catalogue, perhaps from Boudin, untraceable quotation from Stephane Mallarme, etc. For example, one poem reads, "the only texts I ever - wrote were the titles." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Insect Trust Gazette. No.1/Sum / Jed Irwin, William Levy, Robert Basara, Leonard Belasco, editors ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B ; Berge C ; MacLow J ; Arp H ; Ernst M ; Eluard P ; Klee P., 1964

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Identifier: CC-55616-57839
Scope and Contents William Burroughs explanation for his typewriter machine poem accompanying this record (MAS basically a masking process): I enclose an experiment in machine writing that anyone can do on his own typewriter. The experiment consists in passing any prose through a grid. The prose I selected for the present example was press criticisms of Naked Lunch and my latest book Dead Fingers Talk. John Wayne, Philip Toynbee, Anthony Quinton (whoever he may be) John Donnelley (") some joker from the New Yorker and Time. I selected mostly unfavorable criticisms with a special attention to meaningless machine turned phrases such as 'irrelevant honesty of hysteria' the pocked dishonored flesh' ironically the format is banal' etc. Then ruled off a grid "”(Grid I) and wove the prose into it like start a sentence from J. Wane, in square I continue in square 3 5 and 7. Now a sentence from Toyby started in square 2 4 and 6. The reading of the grid back to straight prose can be done say one across and one...
Dates: 1964

Instructions for Redemption / Faigenbaum, Mark., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48536-69567
Scope and Contents

The author used the magazine, "Science Digest" August 1963, as the support for his prints. The announcement card is tucked into the book. This book is also designated X-Ray Handbook No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008