Colombo, John Robert, 1936-
Dates
- Existence: 1936-03-24-
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
an/thology of pwoermds / Huth, Geof, editor ; And M ; Brannen J ; Byrum J ; Colombo JR ; Endwar ; Evason G ; Fiorellini BJ ; Franke C ; Gorman L ; Grumman B ; Gurga L ; Helsem M ; Hill C ; Huth G ; Kacian J ; Kempton K ; Kostelanetz R ; Lamoureux M ; Mark E ; Marron J ; Mountain M ; Nichol bp ; One A ; Romano E ; Saroyan A ; Swede G ; Virgilio N ; Young K., 2004
Huth defines "pwoermds" as a one word poem, often a neologism, presented without a separate title. Examples printed in this book include unreal (Jonathan Brannen), utter (John Byrum), omissin (endwar), poefict (Christopher Franke), kwife (Lee Gurga), mag((((net)))) (Karl Kempton), anf gnowing (Ezra Mark) among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Beyond Labels, 1982
This book is an anthology of Zend's poetry and perhaps an autobiographical introduction to his political philosophy at the book's beginning. The first concrete poems are dated 1968. Some of the conventional poems are composed with amusing wordplay. There is a section of the book that prints "ditto poems," a term coined by Zend in 1970. This type of poetry first published by Emmett Williams in "Sweethearts" features new words made by dropping letters from the title as seen on the following example below (printed as letters line by line under the title.SAINT? - I - Aint - A - Saint, - I - Sit - in - Sin. In 1982, Zend originated "drop poems." Here the letters of the poem drop from the title and the poet can only use each letter of the title once and only in the original order. The reader, on the other hand, has to read each poem twice: first the title (in two lines), then the poem (second line only). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
From Zero to One / John R. Colombo, translator ; Robert Zend, translator., 1973
List No.85-3: Modern Canadian Poetry, A Selection of Scarce Books, Pamphlets, & Broadsides / Nelson, William ; Ball, Nelson ; Atwood M ; Colombo JR ; Gadd M ; Gilbert G ; Livesay D ; McKinnon B ; Nichol bp ; Rosenblatt J ; Turnbull G ; Webb P., 1985
Luna Park and One Thousand Poems / Colombo, John Robert ; Dudek L ; Zeller L., 1994
The Luna Park section of this book presents several poems with imaginative wordplay. The One Thousand Poems section consists of one or two word neologisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Neo Poems / Colombo, John Robert., 1970
Praise Poems / Colombo, John Robert ; Caruso B ; Voznesensky A ; Williams E., 1972
Cover by Barbara Caruso. Includes an acrostic poem to Colombo's wife Ruth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Great Cities of Antiquity / Colombo, John Robert., 1976
The Great Wall of China / Colombo, John Robert ; McLuhan M., 1966
The Mackenzie Poems / Colombo, John Robert., 1966
Colombo has set the socio-political writings of William Lyon Mackenzie into verse form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Sad Truths / Colombo, John Robert., 1974
Translations from the English / Colombo, John Robert ; Voznesensky A ; Williams E., 1974
Includes a poem "Proverbial Ruth" in which the name Ruth is substituted for Truth; Colombo views this work as an ironic, playful love poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.