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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6393 Collections and/or Records:

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Christmas Vision in the Voice of St. Nicholas. No.21 / bp Nichol., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-31886-33409
Scope and Contents

This poem, the 1st edition, was executed by bp Nichol in 1980 and published about that time. The Santa Claus depicted on the cover of the envelope is an offset print collaged to the envelope. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Christmas Vision in the Voice of St. Nicholas (second edition). No.21 / bp Nichol., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-31880-33403
Scope and Contents

This poem was executed by bp Nichol in 1980 and first published at that time; this second edition differs from the current copy in that the Santa Claus on the cover of the envelope in the first edition is an offset print collaged to the envelope whereas in the current copy, Santa Claus is a rubberstamped image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Gronk Intermediate Series: Broken Mandala. No.2 / Steve McCaffery., 1974

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Identifier: CC-36868-38701
Scope and Contents

Each page was composed in a photocopier and has the same phrase "complete charges from" obsessively repeated and overprinted. In some pages, this is combined with abstract marks, in others with images such as an eye or a standing gorilla. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Gronk Intermediate Series: Ship Sands Island. No.8a / Gerry Shikatani., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-36273-38063
Scope and Contents

The theme of this poem is the activities of the Great Blue Heron. The first issue carried the issue number 8a and an unknown number of copies circulated as No.10. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Gronk Intermediate Series: The Legends of Jack O'Kent. No.13 / P.C. Fencott., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-10568-10773
Scope and Contents

Line drawings in this book were done by Brandy Wine and calligraphy for title page and cover by Anne Whitely. The story is of Jack O'Kent and his dealings with the devil. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Gronk Intermediate Series: White Sound. No.7 / bp Nichol ; Aylward D., 1976

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Identifier: CC-36860-38693
Scope and Contents

This book was first published in an edition of two copies in 1966 as a collaboration with David Aylard. One copy is in the Hans Sohm Archives and the other was retained by Nichol. It was made with a combination of rubberstamping and mimeography. The present book was composed with a combination of rubberstamping and photocopying. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Gronk: Pnomes, Jukollages and Other Stunzas. No.2 / Earle Birney ; Nichol bp ; Suknaski A., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-36258-38048
Scope and Contents

This work was designed by bp Nichol except for one piece by Andrew Suknaski. Two copies have the printed envelope intact, in another copy, the envelope is frayed, and in the remaining copy, the envelope is absent. The actual edition size was probably 300 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Gronk: Poems. No.4 / Steve McCaffery., 1968

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Identifier: CC-36271-38061
Scope and Contents

Usually published in an edition of 400 copies. The poem deals with ecological balance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Gronk Random Number Series: As Is Or With. No.3 / jw curry., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-38781-40694
Scope and Contents

The three pages depict fragmented, drawn, versions of the word,"received." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Gronk Random Number Series: As Is Or With. No.3 / jw curry., 1984

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Identifier: CC-38782-40695
Scope and Contents

The three pages depict fragmented, drawn, versions of the word,"received." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Gronk Random Number Series: Plates To Accompany 'The "Pata of Little Feet'. No.4 / bp Nichol., 1984

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Identifier: CC-36299-38089
Scope and Contents

This is an anthology depicting Nichol's previously published concrete and visual poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Gronk: Something In. No.4 / Martina Clinton., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-36934-38767
Scope and Contents

Probably published in an edition of 400 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Gronk: The War Against the Asps or The Serpent Problem. No.4 / David Aylward., 1968

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Identifier: CC-36870-38703
Scope and Contents

Probably published in an edition of 400 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Gronk: toronto pomes. No.6 / Pedro Xisto ; Suknaski A., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-36297-38087
Scope and Contents

Usually published in an edition of 400 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Gronk: Unlucky Number: 13 Minipamphs. No.7 / Jiri Valoch., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-36268-38058
Scope and Contents

Probably published in an edition of 400 copies. The 13 items in this issue also constitute Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series No.40-52 but are not individually numbered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970