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Minimalist poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 778 Collections and/or Records:

Sea Poem / Lax, Robert ; Antonucci E., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-53679-56593
Scope and Contents

Three loose sheets, oblong, approx. 17 x 11 inches plus a stiff backing sheet, all held together by a plastic binder. The top purple sheet has a wave form without words. The inner sheets have a title page, then handwritten text by Lax in his characteristic one word lines & drawings by Antonucci. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Seasons / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

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Identifier: CC-12977-13269
Scope and Contents

The poems demonstrate the effect of silhouetting by two sail boats against the moon in summer and against snow drifts in winter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Seepages, 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-18109-18481
Scope and Contents

Designated Jargon 63. Reprints Cutts' book, Odeon Ocean, a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

shant i ? / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55784-9999314
Scope and Contents

The handwritten text on the verso is "shant i ? / shanti." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Shephard of Stones/Pastor of Oaks / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992

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Identifier: CC-12263-12487
Scope and Contents

The titles are printed on gray and green colored cards that relate to these minimalist poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Silenzio / Belloli, Carlo; Acquaviva, Giovanni., 1961

 Item
Identifier: CC-21893-22305
Scope and Contents

Belloli is one of the last generation of Futurist poet/artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Single: Words for Ian Hamilton Finlay / Cutts, Simon, editor ; Clark L ; Cobbing B ; Williams J ; Mills S ; Bevis J ; Garnier I ; Jandl E ; Abrioux Y ; Nannucci M ; Cutts S ; Phillpot C ; Turnbull G ; Corman C ; Morgan E ; Bann S ; Winkfield T ; Gathercole R ; Garnier P ; Sackett C ; Duncalf S ; Edeline F ; Clark TA., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30213-31616
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of a printed single word that was contributed by a poet listed at the beginning of the book, e.g., Thomas A. Clark: blaeberries, Laurie Clark: evening, Bob Cobbing: fin, Jonathan Williams: gardyloo, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

some landscapes / Valoch, Jiri., 1972

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Identifier: CC-57384-63410
Scope and Contents

Each of the four sheets contains a single word printed in the center of the page: whitegreen, yellow, grey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

some paper events / Valoch, Jiri., 1972

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Identifier: CC-57383-63411
Scope and Contents

Each of the six pages contains a single word printed at the bottm center: fold, scratch, cut, tear, crumple, burn. This is a riff on George Maciunas' book with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Some Particulars / Clark, Thomas A.., 1971

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Identifier: CC-20144-20539
Scope and Contents

Issued as Jargon 75. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Sometexts: Encoding and decoding by secret messages and signs, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-38282-40178
Scope and Contents

The poetry style is reminiscent of the colored minimalist poetry of Robert Lax. The position of the calligraphic text om the paper differs between the two copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

South Coast Sails (blue) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

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Identifier: CC-35229-36963
Scope and Contents

The paper stock onto which the poem is printed is blue in color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996