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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

Spaghetti Decorated Ltd, 1974

 Item — Folder 32: [Barcode: 31858072459914]
Identifier: CC-19782-20169
Scope and Contents

The central image is a newspaper photograph of the Russian Communist leader, Brezhnev. The typings simulate the shape of hanging spaghetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Specht / Elsas, Wolfgang., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-36799-38629
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is a stylized tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Spiral Binding / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Ron Costley., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12340-12566
Scope and Contents

This is a standing poem with the silhouette of two sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spiral Binding / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Ron Costley., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12340-12566
Scope and Contents

This is a standing poem with the silhouette of two sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spirit Of Tree / Yoshizawa, Shoji., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-62477-47627
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Statue of Liberty / Furnival, John., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-13297-13598
Scope and Contents

An image of the Statue of Liberty (from Furnival's Manhatten print) is composed of contemporary newsprint printed in green on white paper. The poem by Emma Lazarus, "Give me your tired your poor" forms the flames originating from the statue's torch. At lower left and right side, Furnival utilizes letterforms from American currency for captions. On the left, "No One Sense (Unique) Marx Mai Words" is placed underneath the American symbol for money, the American Eagle with E Pluribus Unum. This print is depicted on page 63 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Storia del Monumento / Bentivoglio, Mirella; Alloatti, Annalisa., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-24938-25391
Scope and Contents

This folder with prints is also included in Carrega's "Pantabox 69." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Street Scene] / Caruso, Luciano., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-19292-19675
Scope and Contents

The image appears to be a street with buildings on each side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Supplementary List T / Joseph the Provider ; Hoyem A ; Beckett S ; Carroll L ; Clark T., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-28050-29206
Scope and Contents

The cover drawing is by Tom Clark. "Shaped Poetry" published by Arion Press, which is listed, is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; Eight: Loveburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42385-44395
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is that of a cat though the text deals with tigers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; One: Sleepburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42373-44383
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is in the form of a cat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Syntagma De Arte Typographica / Caramuel Y Lobkowitz, Juan ; Pablol Andres Escapa, translator., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-54304-643192
Scope and Contents Internet: Juan Catamuel's (1606-1682) father was an aristocratic engineer from Luxembourg, his mother was of noble birth too and from Bohemia; they lived in Madrid. Caramuel was interested in mathematics and astronomy right from his childhood. In 1625, Caramuel entered the monastery of the Cistercian order La Espina, Diocese Palencia, Spain, and then made a brilliant career in the Church, as genius (sometimes Spanish Leibniz) and as famous preacher. Caramuel was befriended with the Jesuit Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658). He is comparable to the German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680).At frst Caramuel received the usual special education at a College. He studied Theology at the University of Alacala de Henares nearby Madrid, where he finished with the Magister Artium. Then he continued his studies at the University of Salamanca and from 1632 onwards at the University of Leuven, where he was a promotor of the Spanish interests and helped to defend the city against the French...
Dates: 2004

Tale in Tail(s): A Study Worthy of Alice's Friends / Anonymous; Carroll L., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-26270-26737
Scope and Contents

Describes the discovery by two high school students of mouse-shaped poems within Lewis Carroll's the classic "mouse's tail poem" of Alice in Wonderland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Tanks] / Bremer, Claus., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-23506-23951
Scope and Contents

Claus Bremer was born in Hamburg Germany in1924 and died in Zurich Switzerland in1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

TD. Eye Ha / Hansen, Al., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-39968-41935
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a stylized 'eye.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971