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Minimalist poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 778 Collections and/or Records:

dbqp: pnd. No.7/Sep / Bob Grumman., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-14915-15228
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent #190 (held by Sackner Archive) and Hit Broadside #2. Grumman utilizes blank space as a visual representation of the pond (pnd). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

dbqp: Seconds. No.20/Jan / Strawberry Saroyan., 1988

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Identifier: CC-14939-15252
Scope and Contents

Also designated Hit Broadside No.5. The spaces between the letters of the word, S E C O N D S, signify the breaths taken between letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

dbqp: Sounds Mark. No.23/Feb / Crag Hill., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-14933-15246
Scope and Contents

Also designated AppliedApplication #1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

dbqp: The Elvis of Veils. No.69/Aug / Geof Huth., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-14993-15307
Scope and Contents

Also designated Objecta No.5. However, this item is incomplete since the leaflet should be enclosed in a vial. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

dbqp: Warm Drizzle. No.89/Apr / Wharton Hood., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-14966-15280
Scope and Contents

Also designated Applied Applications #7. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

dbqp: Yesterday's Ice. No.77/Nov / David C. Kopaska-Merkel., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-14960-15274
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent No.232. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Deep Lemons: adam'sgift. No.3 / Geof Huth., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-14655-14968
Scope and Contents

Stored in Geof Huth box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Desmoulins Collections: The Desmoulins Connection / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12174-12398
Scope and Contents

The poems are printed on different colored paper stock and deal with Finlay's rejected commission for the city of Paris. Several are quotes from French revolutionary protagonists while others are vintage Finlay, e.g., "One speaks cynically of Fair Play till one has had to deal with the French, Since 1944 Paris has been occupied by the French, Allegation, n. in France, an Occupational hazard." etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Diamond-Studded Fishnet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-13006-13298
Scope and Contents

This card also served as an invitation to a private viewing of "A Pittenweem Fancy" by Finlay at Kellie Lodging during the Royal Burgh of Pittenweem Arts Festival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Distributive entities / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sackett C., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35258-36992
Scope and Contents

The one-word poem, funnel, is printed in the center of each page on reading in one direction and the word, runnel, is printed in the center of each page reading in the opposite direction. Runnel means a small stream or brook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Do Not Fold, Plese! / Kocman, J.H.., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-08070-8230
Scope and Contents

The envelope was addressed and mailed to Bob Cobbing. Each card gives the same admonition in a different language. The English word, "please" is misxpelled as "plese." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970