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D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992

 Person

Found in 1306 Collections and/or Records:

Sprechgedichte, Sound Poems, Introduction and Ancestry / Jandl, Ernst ; Cobbing, Bob ; Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Carroll L ; Morgenstern C ; Khlebnikov V ; Ball H ; Albert-Birot P ; Hausmann R ; Marinetti FT ; Schwitters K ; Seuphor M ; Lemaitre M ; Wittgenstein L ; Hodell A., 1965

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Identifier: CC-36038-37811
Scope and Contents

This book is No.15 in the Poets* series. In the introduction, Houedard traces the history of sound poetry through a listing of the chronology of "notable soundpoems" beginning with Lewis Carroll in 1855 and ending with Cobbing in 1965. He also mentions Egyptian hymns 300 B.C. of breath poems consisting of many notes sung to one syllable. Houedard's manuscript for this essay is held by the Sackner Archive. This book was written to accompany Writers Forum Record No.1 by Jandl and Cobbing. One of the poems by Jandl in this book, "time passes," also appears in the manuscript and book of "mai hart...," works also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

spring / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

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Identifier: CC-56858-10000223
Scope and Contents

Four strands of thread serve as a hanger for this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

spring / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56858-10000223
Scope and Contents

Four strands of thread serve as a hanger for this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

spring poem 1970 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-08729-8903
Scope and Contents

The poem is in three lines and reads "redid yr yellow bride." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[square of o's] (010270) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-56338-9999762
Scope and Contents

The entire patterned typing and the frame are composed of o's. Four apparent spheres are enclosed by the square. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[square with parallelograms] (110267) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-08660-8833
Scope and Contents

The square border of this work is formed from typed "6's" and "9's." A circle internal to the border is formed from parallelograms that are typed from slash marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[stacked parallelograms] (280167) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-08663-8836
Scope and Contents

The image is composed of parallelograms made of slashes and dashes with added quotation marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[still in a rush] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey JJ; Kearns L; Kriwet F; Williams J; Mathews H; Harwood L; Hollo A; Corso G; Ginsberg A; Olson C; Zukofsky L; DeCampos A; Sharkey W ., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56752-10000128
Scope and Contents

This is a two page letter to John Sharkey that includes a poem from Lionel Kearns and mentions information about a notable group of poets and plans for future publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

straw in sky / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55791-9999321
Scope and Contents

The handwritten text on the verso is "strawinsky" the Russian composer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[study for silent & agile] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-08868-9043
Scope and Contents

This page is a study for a poem of the same name on clear acetate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

super bliss (110167) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56128-9999572
Scope and Contents

There is a Roman arch form typed in the middle of the page surrounded by several typed mantras. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

supercoolnothing (020864) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

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Identifier: CC-57810-10001061
Scope and Contents

From a large center figure the shape of a man's head emerges from the interior space created by the surrounding typescripts. Two smaller clusters of type create oval blank spaces.Charles Cameron wrote, "brilliant concrete self-portrait signed dsh done for me & given to me, dated 1964, featuring his head & shoulders as a blank space surrounded by the words "supercool nothing behind my innermost mask" - sylvester was a published authority on zen and frieind of the beats! - with lettra 22 roller / blue carbon effects in background, slight tear & fold, slightly aged, to my mind the finest of his concrete works I've ever seen, both self-portrait and masterpiece". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964