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Theodore Verweyen contributes an essay in which he compares examples of Baroque figurative poetry to examples of modern concrete poetry. Eugen Gomringer writes an essay that compares examples of modern German concrete poetry to examples from poets in other countries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cover poem depicts a minimalist letter poem by Aram Saroyan. The dupicate does not have the 5 loose sheets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Rotapoems, dedicated to Dieter Roth, are in fact 6 versions of a poem in Roth's lyrical collection "Scheisse," Providence 1966. They are a return to a form Williams first used in his book "Konkretionen," Krefeld 1959, and the "Litanies for Alison Knowles," placed in a musical landscape by Dick Higgins in 1966. The vowels of Roth's original poem are shifted progressively from version to version, resulting in constant sound changes and frequent alterations in sense. They are meant to be read aloud." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprint of a book that was first published in 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.