Houedard writes to Sharkey that "so busy havnt written anyone for ages." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In a personal communication to the Sackners, Cameron states that is a sort of love mandala for the eve mentioned in several of the dsh poems you have, typed originally with red & black ribbons and blue and black carbons on an Olivetti 22 in 1964, photocopied years later, transferred to an internet paint program, and not yet by any means restored to its original beauty. I'm including it to give you an idea of where I would start from, in an attempt to derive new variants on this work using the best of contemporary graphical tools. Compared to the original -- which may be hiding somewhere in my storage unit -- it is very very far from the beautiful poem I originally produced, or from whatever satisfactory variants I may yet provide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue consists of a listing of books and artworks in this exhibition; there is only one image - cover by ferdinand kriwet. The First International Exhibition of Concrete, Phonetic, and Kinetic Poetry was held in the Rushmore Rooms, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and sponsored by the Shirley Society in 1964 published a catalogue of four pages that is out of print and not in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

dsh mentions henri chopin and mlke weaver (whom he does not know). He writes about his first meeting with charles cameron. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This piece is a tour de force of letter writing that includes several of Houedard's poems, most typed earlier as separate poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter discusses publications and interested poets and publishers. mdj is Houedard's acronym for 'my dear john' Sharkey.The letter is typed on a map of the Prinknash Abbey -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter heading mdsteve is Houedard's abbreviation for my dear steve [Abrams]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a letter to John Sharkey suggesting contact information of several writers. In a handwritten additon Houedard suggests contacting "bob cobbing 262 Randolph Avenue (near Themersons) who sent this fine 'WRITERS FORUM POETS 7' of his sound poems." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner, Cameron stated that this work was signed "upside down", is an experiment in which parts of the pattern have been dropped out and other parts (specifically the "single lines" which gave the original pattern much of its sense of curvature) remain. Different eyes will likely see different degrees of "wholeness" to the overall pattern in this variant. Original 2013. As far as the "upside down" business is concerned, I'd imagine you will be publishing the piece, if at all, right side up, and don't need to include the signature & date in any published versions -- they're there for you, purely for reasons of provenance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner, Cameron stated that this work was signed "upside down", is an experiment in which parts of the pattern have been dropped out and other parts (specifically the "single lines" which gave the original pattern much of its sense of curvature) remain. Different eyes will likely see different degrees of "wholeness" to the overall pattern in this variant. Original 2013. As far as the "upside down" business is concerned, I'd imagine you will be publishing the piece, if at all, right side up, and don't need to include the signature & date in any published versions -- they're there for you, purely for reasons of provenance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter that was originally typed c.1964 and now retyped 2013. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter that was originally typed c.1964 and now retyped 2013. Cameron comments that this is what a Braille version of the optical pattern might look like. If exhibiting it, it might need to be lit from different angles to obtain different effects, and if backlit you can see parts of the pattern, selected by the patterned "weights" of my finger on the typewriter key, dependent to some degree on the rhythms of typing inherent in the pattern itself. It's also something of an homage to John Cage, with whom I briefly corresponded in 1964 or 5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter that was originally typed c.1964 and now retyped 2013. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter that was originally typed c.1964 and now retyped 2013. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Kinetic letter picture by Timm Ulrichs which is reproduced is falsely attributed to Hansjorg Mayer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. In a personal communication to the Sacknsrs, Cameron comments 'saccade invites the very eye movements it described. As a separate piece it is original 2013, but it first emerged in a poem about Laura del Sol in the film Carmen by Carlos Saura, in 1983. The poem was a standard lyric poem (words, music and meaning foremost) about the beauty of the dancer, seen through the eyes of a student of cinema, and using some concrete poetry insights in its form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter.This is a tribute to two fabled cities of the orient, as rimbaudelaire is to two French poets. I've been playing with the two names since the 60s, but the version seen here is my first actual typestract based on them, original 2013. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.