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Typewriter poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1812 Collections and/or Records:

Dogs Round A Tree / Morgan, Edwin., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-50406-71474
Scope and Contents

This poem appeared in Ian Hamilton Finlay's Fishsheet No.1 (1963). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Dom Sylvester Houedard's Cosmic Typewriter / Poynor, Rick; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Sackner MA., 2012

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Identifier: CC-55983-9999451
Scope and Contents

Poyner describes the symposium and exhibition held on the poet Dom Sylvester Houedard at the South London Gallery with a book launch by Occasional Papers .Marvin Sackner presented an illustrated talk on the drawings of Houedard and lent works for the pop-up exhibition. The Sackner Archive contributed the illustrations from the Archive for the catalogue. Stored in Houedard box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

dominvs Pvssicvm (120564) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-08665-8838
Scope and Contents

The title of this work is shown with ancient Latin spelling, e.g. dominus pussicum in current English spelling and connotes a religious term - unable to get translation on internet. Most of this poem is formed frorm parentheses marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

[douxnop] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-57817-10001069
Scope and Contents

The typed crossed letters read the same when turned upside down. This is the only dsh typed reversal poem in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

dozibao gin nunga gap , 1966

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-53328-59055
Scope and Contents

The poster is stored in the unfolded state. There is small cartoon incorporated into this typographical piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

draft for etymological poem gee-oh-dee (150368) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-08743-8917
Scope and Contents

A typed list of 41 words are listed. Typed on the top right is 'read gud' with the d and t over-typed and the hand lettered symbol placed next to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

dsh for anselm hollo (120863) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Hollo A., 1963

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Identifier: CC-56079-9999526
Scope and Contents This is poem appears to resemble the silhouette of a an individual doing a headstand on a chair. Wikipedia: Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo (April 12, 1934 "“ January 29, 2013) was a Finnish poet and translator. He lived in the United States from 1967 until his death in January of 2013. His father, Juho Aukusti Hollo (1885"“1967) "” who liked to be known as "J. A." Hollo "” was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, an essayist, and a major translator of literature into Finnish. His mother was Iris Antonina Anna Walden, a music teacher and daughter of organic chemist Paul Walden. He lived for eight years in the United Kingdom producing three children: Hannes, Kaarina, and Tamsin, with his first wife, poet Josephine Clare. He was a permanent resident in the United States from the late 1960s until his death. At the time of his death, he resided in Boulder, Colorado with his second wife, artist Jane Dalrymple-Hollo. Hollo published more than forty titles of poetry in the UK...
Dates: 1963

dsh for ihf: po po poem (220863) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Finlay IH., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-56078-9999525
Scope and Contents

This poem with consists of repititions of "po po po. Its significance is unclear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

dshdshdsh (040763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08730-8904
Scope and Contents

This work was reproduced in the Dom Sylvester houedard book edited by Nicola Simpson, "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter: The Life and Work of Dom Sylvester Houedard" and is stored in the binder labeled DSH London 2012. This piece was first called [letter variations]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

E / E Poem (300663) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-55849-58787
Scope and Contents

In addition to two 'E's,' this typing is constructed with slashes and dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963