Concrete poetry

This was Included in the Grant U. Roman Archive. According to a note at the bottom, this poem was composed "after Eugen Gomringer's 'ping pong.'" Wikipedia: Robert Pinget (Geneva, July 19, 1919 "“ Tours, August 25, 1997) was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers. He was also associated with the nouveau roman movement. Francis Jean Gaston Alfred Ponge (27 March 1899 "“ 6 August 1988) was a French essayist and poet. Influenced by surrealism, he developed a form of prose poem, minutely examining everyday objects. He was the inaugural recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1974. P.O.T.H. 16 includes a poem by Ponge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Pisa 1965: The 1st Leaning Manifest / Furnival, John; Mayer HJ., 1973

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Identifier: CC-13166-13467

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The image depicts the shape of the Leaning Tower of Pisa created totally of text. The verso indicates that the original is in the collection of Hansjorg Mayer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

PL8SPK: California Vanity Plates Retell the Classics / Nussbaum, Daniel., 1994

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Identifier: CC-05689-5796

Dates: 1994

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Place Mat SeriesL for Marvin / Helmes, Scott., 1986

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Identifier: CC-60314-59363

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Plain Talk / Smith, William Jay., 1979

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Identifier: CC-42594-44610

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This is a photocopy of the manuscript of Plain Talk. The Sackner Archive holds two versions of this work. Smith describes the book as "Epigrams, Epitaphs, Satires, Nonsense, Occasional Concrete & Quotidian Poems." This work that was acquired from a North Carolina bookseller prompted the Sackner's interest in Smith's poetry. William Jay Smith did not know how this copy came into the hands of the bookseller. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Plain Talk / Smith, William Jay., 1987

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Identifier: CC-42595-44611

Scope and Contents

This is a photocopy of the manuscript for Plain Talk. The Sackner Archive holds two versions of this work. Smith describes the book as "Epigrams, Epitaphs, Satires, Nonsense, Occasional Concrete & Quotidian Poems." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Plain Talk / Smith, William Jay ; Minsky R ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 1988

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Identifier: CC-39502-41459

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Book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. The bookbinding was made by Richard Minsky who also treated the paper of the book with Wei T'o spray for neutralizing against acids as explained on the cover text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books