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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

Types Of Shape / Hollander, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-53595-58728
Scope and Contents

This is the second printing of the book that includes 25 poems, such as"Swan and Shadow", which are typographically shaped according to their content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Types of Shape: New, Expanded Edition / Hollander, John., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-36661-38473
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book first published in 1969, a copy also held by the Sackner Archive. It contains 10 new poems as well as additional notes by the poet. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. This copy is a first printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Types of Shape: New, Expanded Edition / Hollander, John., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09779-9972
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book first published in 1969, a copy also held by the Sackner Archive. It contains 10 new poems as well as additional notes by the poet. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. One copy is a second printing, the other a third printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Types of Shape: Poems / Hollander, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-27603-28680
Scope and Contents

This is the 1st edition of the book. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. The loose sheet is a notification for a requested book review. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Typewriter-Birds in the lettered cages / Smith, William Jay., 1954

 Item
Identifier: CC-42614-44631
Scope and Contents

This poem may be Smith's first typewriter poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

Typewriter Town Unpublished: [Come 1] [2] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57402-200036
Scope and Contents

In addition to a typed portrait of Smith, this page contains a shaped poem of a railroad car. The typed poem is the introduction to the book Typewriter Town. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Typewriter Town Unpublished: [Come2 ] [3] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57403-200037
Scope and Contents

In addition to a typed portrait of Smith, this page contains a shaped poem of a railroad car. This page is a copy of the original held by the Sackner Archive and the poem is the introduction to the book Typewriter Town. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Typewriter Town Unpublished: [fancy lady] [11] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57412-200048
Scope and Contents

Smith has added additonal graphite drawings of a flower on the hat, the right arm and body contoures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Typewriter Town Unpublished: [fish] [10] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57411-200047
Scope and Contents

This page contains three figures. One is a typed torso with a pointed hat, the second is a collaged standing figure typed mainly with O's, and the third is a collaged typed fish. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Typewriter Town Unpublished: [old lady] [16] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57417-200058
Scope and Contents

The top collage is a typing of an old lady and the bottom collage contains a poem about her with handwritten changes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958