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Consists of selected texts of Bob Cobbing 1944-1990. Jennifer Pike, Bob's wife, also writes under the name Jennifer Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The letter includes the words cher poete, eve and silvester created with 'c's,' 'p's,' 'e's' and periods, respectively. The pages have binder holes. Eve is Charles Cameron girlfriend. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This edition also includes about 50 uncollected and unpublished poems and others written for Morgan's 70th birthday celebration.Internet: Edwin Morgan was born in Glasgow in 1920, first starting to write while at Glasgow High School. He studied English at Glasgow University, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War, during which he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returned to University after the War and graduated in 1947. From 1947-1980 he taught English at Glasgow University, becoming Professor of English in 1975. During this time time he produced a major body of poetry and critical essays. He also wrote plays, libretti, and several works of translation. He travelled widely after the 1950s and translated poetry from many languages, particularly Russian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian and French. In the 1960s he experimented with concrete poetry and also championed Beat Poetry. His translations included Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de...

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This poem appeared in Ian Hamilton Finlay's Fishsheet No.1 (1963). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology includes a poem by Edwin Morgan that Houedard retyped, 'Dogs Round A Tree.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each of the six poems uses a single line (e.g., I am the resurrection and the life, and Il faut etre absolument moderne). A varying number of letters in different positions in the line are eliminated to create a spatial, incomprehensible, letter picture-like appearance. The complete line is printed at the bottom of the poem. Morgen calls the texts "emergent poems" and notes that they are taken from St. John, Burns, Brecht, Rimbaud, Dante, and the Communist Manifesto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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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.

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Thanks Hayter for his subscription and indicates that Plakats are getting more valuable. Mentions that future issues will include works by Raoul Haussman, Edwin Morgan and D.S. Houedard. Notes that Bernard Stone is charging 5 pounds for Openings Card series and comments, "The best - of luck to him - they must be getting valuable." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.