Physical Language Laboratory, No. 3: Specimen/Kaddish, 1997
Scope and Contents
The poem object is a black egg placed in the bottom center of an acrylic jar. The title, Kaddish, is the Jewish prayer of mourning. At the base of the egg, a line of poetry by Walt Whitman is set in a spiral line. It reads,"All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier." The box is printed with the quote from an unidentified person, "...when she put out all her eyes from grief, they did not turn to fire but fell to earth as eggs..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1997
Creator
- Black, Leda (Person)
Extent
1 item (1 poem object) : 1 egg (wood, paper, acrylic paint, metal, ink, glue) in jar (plastic) + 1 box (cardboard, printed, rubberstamped) ; 10.5 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm (jar), 14 x 13.2 x 13.2 cm (box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Original Sackner Archive Location
fortress, room off kitche
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Oakland, California : Palabra Press. Copies: About 75 total copies. 2 number copy. Variable edition; multiple copies available.
General
2 copies available, one in a box (box 245), the other not (box 210).
Processing Information
Added by RED; updated by: RED.
Source
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Author, Person)
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
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921