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First draft of poem written on the occasion of Smith's friend, Bill Segal's 90th birthday. Segal is married to Marielle Buscon, the book artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Final version of poem; the first draft is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This geometric image formed by typing the letter "l" and a slash is a Christmas card to the Furnivals. It is stored within an opened envelope collaged onto a page of Furnival's "Liber Amicorum 1964-1984," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard has typed "for dsw" (identity?) at uppper left dide of this work/ -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A large box of typed dashes and slashes has an open cover. The title is typed with the use of multiple dashes to create a bold typeface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The image is a flaming pyre. The tantad or sacred fire of the ancient Bretons is a ceremony for midsummer rejoicings. It was part of the mediaeval monastic life in England with the ruins in Fountains Abbey. Dido refers to the mythologic story of Dido and Aeneus and the image of this work to the funeral pyre that Dido constructed before her suicide because Aeneus has left her. Although her relationship with Aeneas spans only this one book of the Aeneid, Dido has become a literary icon for the tragic lover, like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Though at times Aeneas's happiness in his love for Dido seems to equal hers, it is with considerably less grief and anxiety that he is able to leave her in Carthage and go back about the business of bringing the survivors of Troy to Italy and founding Rome. Whereas Dido not only loves Aeneas but hopes he and his warriors will strengthen her city, Aeneas's actions are the result of a momentary abandonment of his true duties and responsibilities....

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The letter 'x' is used to form the image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The typed image depicts three major clusters of red periods above a long diagonal red typed line made of slashes. The text at page bottom reads "ritual dionysian cycle c. 8th cent bc used in pythonian winter rites (cult-furrow o 'sulcus' restored)" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Interrupted horizontal lines, formed from joined underline marks, delineate the wall of a tube depicted on-end. The title is typed with Houedard's slash/dash font. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There are eight typed red opened boxes composed of slashes, dashes and apostrophes.Ther are also two clusters of period dots. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This typing is done on special paper with a shinny surface and a watermark. There are five blurred ink dots at the end of typed red lines of dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The title, "sliced lurch," was formed with densely packed typed dashes as well Houedard's initials, "dsh" and the date. The image consists of planes typed in red and black ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The tower, resembling a skyscraper, is composed of slashes and dashes with upper and lower butresses and a vertical illegible title at the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This page is typed solely with dashes in subtle circular shapes with a distinctive blank circular space in the center of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.