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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6407 Collections and/or Records:

the total ir relevance (050668) / C (250369) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968 - 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-56300-58994
Scope and Contents

Houedard plays on the similar pronunciation of particular French and English words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968 - 1978

[The Tower][CR][The Tower] / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

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Identifier: CC-57218-10000547
Scope and Contents

The poem is in the shape of a tower with the base containing the following: "being an illlumination in graphic poems of some of the basic wordy structures of civilisation" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Triumph of the Anti-Christ / Bentley, Wilder., 1987

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Identifier: CC-23294-23734
Scope and Contents

Author states that no more than 499 copies will be printed of this pre-publication copy that apparently was never printed as a trade edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Turn Your Self Inside Out if You Want to See an Alien Gate, 2001

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-37356-39209
Scope and Contents

In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 63. The shape of the poem appears to be the face of a cartoon character or hobglobin with many eyes. The poem is about "fear." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Tweeze / curry, jw ; UU D ; Evason G ; Venright S ; Drumbolis N., 1991

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Identifier: CC-19661-20047
Scope and Contents

The text of this book was printed from individual rubberstamp letters. The bibliography consists of a description and excerpts of small run, non-circulated editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Utter Mystery / Crombie, John., 2000

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Identifier: CC-40498-42470
Scope and Contents

The book is divided into chapters that are titled "The Perplexities Commence," "The Perplexities Mutliply" and "The Ultimate Conundrum." The answer to the posed questions of Who? What? When,? How? and Why? is on the last page - Because!!! Listed are many excuses from Human Fallibility, Gross Mismanagement to Precocious Senility. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Vienna Group: Six Major Austrian Poets / Waldrop, Rosemarie, editor ; Watts, Harriet, editor ; Mayrocker F ; Achleitner F ; Bayer K ; Jandl E ; Artmann HC ; Ruhm G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-42763-44802
Scope and Contents

Most of the works translated into English from the German are held in their original form by the Sackner Archive in the German Language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Vienna Group: Six Major Austrian Poets / Waldrop, Rosemarie, editor ; Watts, Harriet, editor ; Mayrocker F ; Achleitner F ; Bayer K ; Jandl E ; Artmann HC ; Ruhm G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-42764-44803
Scope and Contents

Most of the works translated into English from the German are held in their original form by the Sackner Archive in the German Language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Voyage, 1975

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Identifier: CC-00352-360
Scope and Contents

Williams wrote this poem using only three letter words which gradually become smaller as the voyage progresses by fliping the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Watts Tower Poems, 1972

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-02524-2566
Scope and Contents

This poem commemorating Simon Rodia's architectural Watts Towers in Los Angeles was reproduced from Creative Word 1 in the Random House English Series, an educational tool for the schools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972