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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 780 Collections and/or Records:

Toast th Screenwriter, Not the Actor / Kerr, Thomas., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-07790-7943
Scope and Contents

Consists of shaped poem of Shakespeare's portrait, using his texts, to illustrate letter to the editor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Toutes les Pommes se Croquent: Divertissement Typoetique en Cinq Actes, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-29116-30461
Scope and Contents

Peignot provides examples of picture poems using concrete poems as the image with captions underneath, one to a page. The concrete poems are composed by varying letter spacing, alterating boldness of the typeface, mixing typefaces, repeating letters, printing anagrams, presenting different arrangement of letters, mirror imaging, and adding punctuation marks. The poems relate to Peignot's other book, Le Petit Peignot, published the same year as this book. Both books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Tower of Pisa, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-54728-990162
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. The print is silkscreened onto Arches 88 paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Tower of Pisa , 1965

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-54809-420239
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Tower of Pisa / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13331-13632
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Translation / Grunberg, Maty ; Cinicolo-3 D., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-10310-10513
Scope and Contents

The typography was done by Donato Cinicolo 3 and the etchings by David Brown at the New Crane Studio in London. The images consist of photographs of the artist's face and corresponding verbal tautologies of a facial part in juxtaposition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Trasparenze Reciproche, 1995

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-26855-27325
Scope and Contents

Produced on the occasion of an exhibition at Galleria Derbylius in Milan. The collage is a cut-out celluloid angel onto which Arias-Misson has written a poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Tsei svit (This world) / Miroshnychenko, Mykola., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-31757-33269
Scope and Contents

This poem depicts an exclamatio point and question mark formed from letraset. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Turning Words into Works of Art / Swarden, Carlotta Gulvas; Levi F., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-02012-2049
Scope and Contents

This article describes the "wordgraphics" of Frank Levi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Types Of Shape / Hollander, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-53595-58728
Scope and Contents

This is the second printing of the book that includes 25 poems, such as"Swan and Shadow", which are typographically shaped according to their content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Types of Shape: New, Expanded Edition / Hollander, John., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09779-9972
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book first published in 1969, a copy also held by the Sackner Archive. It contains 10 new poems as well as additional notes by the poet. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. One copy is a second printing, the other a third printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Types of Shape: New, Expanded Edition / Hollander, John., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-36661-38473
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book first published in 1969, a copy also held by the Sackner Archive. It contains 10 new poems as well as additional notes by the poet. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. This copy is a first printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Types of Shape: Poems / Hollander, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-27603-28680
Scope and Contents

This is the 1st edition of the book. The basis for writing each typewriter poem is concisely described by Hollander on the page facing the poem pages. A single shaped poem, including among others a light bulb, a star of David, an arrow, a musical note, and a swan with its shadow, is laid out on a page. The loose sheet is a notification for a requested book review. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Typewriter-Birds in the lettered cages / Smith, William Jay., 1954

 Item
Identifier: CC-42614-44631
Scope and Contents

This poem may be Smith's first typewriter poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954