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Conventional poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 306 Collections and/or Records:

Head Second, 1965

 Item — Box 543: [Barcode: 31858072461068]
Identifier: CC-51257-72345
Scope and Contents

d.a. levy contributed six abstract drawings and Judson Crews wrote the poems in this publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

HOUBABALUBALUBA (150663), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56061-9999509
Scope and Contents

The page contains multiple verses combining French and English. Each poem is dated separately. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-31638-33140
Scope and Contents

This is a later printing of the book sometime after 1986. The first edition which is identical in layout and also held by the Sackner Archive, was published in only 126 copies. The layout of the text has unusual spacing and a variety of fonts. In one chapter, the spaced words take on a concrete poetic appearance and in another, the spaced letters almost appear like a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-31706-33216
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition of the book limited to 100 copies for sale and 26 for distribution by the author. The layout of the text has unusual spacing and a variety of fonts. In one chapter, the spaced words take on a concrete poetic appearance and in another, the spaced letters almost appear like a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

I Know a Poem, 2004

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-42233-44239
Scope and Contents

Kenny Goldsmith provided a punctuation poem on the inside back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Ian Hamilton Finlay (300863), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-08833-9008

Il Libro Delle X, 1983

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-22014-22430
Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of two marks, one red and the other blue. The left sided pages consist of poems formed only with handwritten 'X's' and spaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Inventing What He Finds / Cobbing, Bob ; Morgan E., 1990

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-17338-17702
Scope and Contents

Consists of a mini-anthology of Cobbing's works including the cut-up technique which constituted his earliest experimental efforts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Jizzrim (3rd outtake), 1994

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-49250-70292
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book for the most part appear to be automatically written. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

July 22, 1971, 1996

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-34845-36554
Scope and Contents

The poem in this book was written to celebrate the birthday of his wife, Barbara Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Kibbutz In The Sky, Book I, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60427-56221
Scope and Contents

In the letter to billl wyatt on the cover, levy muses about a third part of the poem (only two parts were published) in which he plans "i think will be a defense of the county sherriffs (sic) office - they were pretty good to me considering all the lip i gave them - was on radio & T.V." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

koexistenz, 1970

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Be-Bir: [Barcode: 31858072491172]
Identifier: CC-22285-22708
Scope and Contents

Date of Birth: 09/24/1925 Date of death: 14/10/1992 Occupation: poet Oliver was born on September 24, 1925 in Behnssen Wroclaw: He attended the School of Finance in Herrsching am Ammersee. During World War II, he fell into Russian captivity. Throughout his life he was employed in various professions: from newspaper seller rags to foreign representatives for Rosenthal porcelain. Oliver Behnssen wrote lyrical texts and aphorisms. Since the 70s he was active in the Munich factory district. Member of the Association of German writers. Oliver Behnssen died on 14 October 1992 in Munich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970