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Why Shiva Has Ten Arms (Number One) / Cobbing, Bob., 1969

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Identifier: CC-17453-17818

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Scope and Contents

Designated writers forum folder number seven. This tenth publication of Cobbing includes new versions of the following poems: "Soma," "Whisper Piece," "Vertigo," "Marvo Movies Natter," and "Transcript." Cobbing writes on the envelope that this copy number one was finished at 3AM on August 14, 1969. Colophon states "Why Shiva has ten arms / for he represents the dance of life / the omnipotence of being able to do innumerably / many things at once / .the joyous cosmology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (10 prints (mimeographed) + sheet (folded, mimeographed) in envelope (paper, collaged)) ; envelope 29 x 24 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: London, England : Writers Forum. Signed by: Bob Cobbing (l.r.- envelope). Inscription: Finished 3 a.m. 14th August 1969. Nationality of creator: British. General: 1 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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