Why Shiva Has Ten Arms (Number One) / Cobbing, Bob., 1969
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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
- Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002 (Person)
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.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
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