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Typewriter poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1812 Collections and/or Records:

TEXTS TO SPEAK W/ THE SHARKEY PEOTRY FILM SHOT ?140964 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey JJ., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56607-58870
Scope and Contents

John Sharkey's poetry film event was held in Bristol, England. Houedard writes in his introductory statement, "these texts consist of words and silences--any 2 words phrases or silences are connected directly thru what the film is about -- so the words &c can be taken in ANY ORDER." Houedard also writes in the text "CONCRETE POEMS ARE THINGS / LOOK THRU CLEANFORMS TO POETMIND CONCRETE PEOMS...CONCRETE POEMS CAN BE TOYS OR INSTSRUMENTS...CONCRETE IS AFTERBEAT" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Textures / curry, jw., 1980

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Identifier: CC-19717-20104
Scope and Contents

The typewriting in this poem was done without a carbon ribbon; the letters are outlined by the graphite strokes that give the appearance of frottage. This work was published in can't afford no Kodak Instamatik Instamatik Vol.1. The poem reads, 'I i, uh, get the - the no, the IMPRESSION that - what this alludes to is sort of a - PARallell second side to things w/ that - opposite symmetry, yu know, uh - Reflecting, no, a - R reFLEction of maybe - hints that is as they say, - like this, yu know, like, that - there ARE maybe parallel universes such, - yu know?' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Textures / curry, jw., 1980

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Identifier: CC-19718-20105
Scope and Contents

This is the first generation photocopy from which the printed version in can't afford no Kodak Instamatik Instamatik Vol.1 was derived; i.e., the printed version is a second generation photocopy. The print has darker lines than the original drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Th High Green Hill (From Ice) / bissett, bill., 1972

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Identifier: CC-30439-31860
Scope and Contents

This book includes a unique pastel drawing by bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Th High Green Hill (From Ice) / bissett, bill., 1972

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Identifier: CC-23136-23574
Scope and Contents

Each copy of this book includes a unique pastel drawing by bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

th oranges uv orantangua / bissett, bill ; Beaulieu D., 2002

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Identifier: CC-54831-990261
Scope and Contents

The front and rear covers were composed by bill bissett. The book was designed Derek Beaulieu. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

THALAMUS & SOL (071264) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56381-9999796
Scope and Contents

This depicts a square of composed of two words in capital letters THALAMUS & SOL. Houedard has composed several poems using the neurologic structure, Thalamus, as their basis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

The Alphabet Game; A bpNichol Reader edited by Darren Wershler-Henry and Lori Emerson / Nichol, bp ; Ball H., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47522-68530
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "bpNichol was one of Canada's most innovative, eclectic, entertaining, and, yes, enigmatic poets, making startling interventions in the development of poetry and profoundly influencing both his own and subsequent generations of writers. The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader amasses key texts from the very broad spectrum of Nichol's work, including both classic favourites and more obscure treasures. From the early typewriter poetry of Konfessions of an Elizabethan Fan Dancer and the life-long poem The Martyrology to the heartbreaking prose of Journal and the whimsical autobiography of Selected Organs, The Alphabet Game traces the trajectory of this wildly imaginative and prolific poet. This Nichol anthology is an ideal introduction for readers encountering Nichol for the first time, and a much-needed compendium for Nichol fans seeking access to works not readily available. "His wit, along with the seriousness, was there to keep the language free and untethered, to keep...
Dates: 2007

The Book Of Humors / Semark, Jim ; Weiner L ; McClure M ; Ginsberg A., 1965

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Identifier: CC-55495-65455
Scope and Contents

Larry Weiner did the graphics in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

The boy ran up the stairs / Shekerjian, Haig; Shekerjian, Regina., 1977

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Identifier: CC-59877-10002932
Scope and Contents

A copy of this photograph is also held by the University of Iowa Librairies Special Collections & Uniersity Archives, the only record found on the internet -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The Butterfly Gull / Smith, William Jay., 1957

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Identifier: CC-42627-44644
Scope and Contents

This is the first draft of the poem that eventually became a larger conventional poem that was published in, "Laughting Time" (1980), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

The Computer's First Christmas Card / Morgan, Edwin., 1979

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Identifier: CC-28194-29360
Scope and Contents

This card prints combination words in a vertical listing as a spoof on the powers of a computer, e.g., |jollymerry|hollyberry|jollyberry|... as |MERRYCHR|YSANTHEMUM|. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979