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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1101 Collections and/or Records:

poezien, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-15300-15622
Scope and Contents

This book depicts an sampling of De Vree's poetic styles. Two original typed pages held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this book, "mier mens" page 17 and "picnic" page 25. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

poezja konkretna / concrete poetry, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-54523-989988
Scope and Contents

Critical essays on Finlay's work and specific poems are provided by Piotr Rypson and Tadeusz Slawek, respectively. The illustrations in this catalogue depict prints and cards of Finlay's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Polar Bear Poster Poem, 1965

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-12898-13189
Scope and Contents

In this poem, Furnival plays with permutations of bear, the personal pronouns, ours & nous (we in English from the French), and son using his distinctive calligraphic printed letterform style. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 56. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 6: Aster F, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04305-4385
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The poem deals with speed (the drug or the automobile) that can lead to disaster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 7: Scotch Mist, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04409-4491
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. This booklet consists of a concrete poem which employs Scottish words that deal with the docking maneuver for a ship in harbor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 9: Shit Target/The Lakes, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04298-4378
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. Sam Dogin may be a pseudonym for another poet, perhaps d.a. levy. This poem deals with the act of defecation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Correction: Sam Dogin was proprieter of The Book Spot, where Levy worked for a time, Sam Dogin is not a pseudonym.--Source of annotation: Kenty[sic] Taylor.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 10: Susan Under John Poem, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04297-4377
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. This book has a concrete poem that depicts a sexual orgasm; another version was published by the poet in the Ohio City Series. The author subsequently wrote feminist critical texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 11: Sleep, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04334-4414
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy aka the author, Alan Denis. The letter "z" is repeated several times in varied typefaces to suggest snoring. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

por suposto, 1953

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-58413-10001630
Scope and Contents

This page was personally scnned under the direction of Augusto De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953

Pornographisch poweem (he=hij); (she=zij), 1967

 Item — Folder 30: [Barcode: 31858072459898]
Identifier: CC-32454-34028
Scope and Contents

The poem is printed with black letters on a red background; the English, he and she, are printed vertically with the E's interlocked as a metaphor for sexual intercourse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Port Distinguishing Letters of Scottish Fishing Vessels, 1978

 Item — Box 190: [Barcode: 31858072459609]
Identifier: CC-12416-12643
Scope and Contents

Consists of the port letters and numbers of Scottish fishing vessels fired in green on a white background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978