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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6506 Collections and/or Records:

The Blue and Brown Poems / Ian Hamilton Finlay; J Williams; S Bann; M Weaver., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-12349-12575
Scope and Contents

Calendar design was done by Herbert M. Rosenthal. Consists of one poem print per month with a critical analysis by Stephen Bann on an accompanying page. The poems include ho/horizon, ajar, net/net, cork/net, acrobats, wave/rock, green waters, you/me, broken/heartbroken, wind/wind, ring of waves, and le circus. In the 1990 Finlay bibliography, a set of 12 framed poems from this calendar was offered for $3200 (calendar is out of print). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Blue Planet Notebooks / O'Gallagher, Liam ; Kostelanetz R ; Pelieu C ; Weissner C ; Warhol A., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-52591-73726
Scope and Contents

O'Gallagher prints a hilarious spoof of an interview of Andy Warhol in concrete poetry that is depicted with this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

The Blue Sail, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-42824-44864
Scope and Contents

This book is a selection of Finlay's poems over 40 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Book of Benjamin / McClure, Michael ; Tanner, Wesley., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-47536-68544
Scope and Contents

This unusual book has an experimental design, e.g., a free form poem describing Benjamin, a rabbit, with 21 cards, printed in two colors on both sides which be read singly or as a universal whole in a stand-up accordion fashion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

The Book of Hours and Constellations, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-10206-10407
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jerome Rothenberg. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Book of Hours and Constellations, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-10207-10408
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jerome Rothenberg. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Book Of Humors / Semark, Jim ; Weiner L ; McClure M ; Ginsberg A., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-55495-65455
Scope and Contents

Larry Weiner did the graphics in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

The Book of Slab / Form, Joseph ; Space, Frederick ; Lyssiotis, Peter., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11461-11677
Scope and Contents

The cover has a cut-out the shape of Australia. The author of this artist book is actually Peter Lyssiotis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The Books Lost to the Fire in the Library of Alexandria Revealed Gate, 2001

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-37358-39211
Scope and Contents

In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 19. The shape of the poem appears to be a Greek temple with columns. The titles of the books listed in the poem are made-up raunch phrases, several well known in old and ancient jokes, e.g, "The Yellow River by I.P. Daily; The Aged Car by Denton Fender; The Random Jockstrap by Wun Hung Lo etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The boy ran up the stairs / Shekerjian, Haig; Shekerjian, Regina., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-59877-10002932
Scope and Contents

A copy of this photograph is also held by the University of Iowa Librairies Special Collections & Uniersity Archives, the only record found on the internet -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The bpNichol Tribute / bp Nichol; L Tostevin; P Webb; B Dedora; F Wah; D McFadden; G Shikatani; M Ondaatje; P Dutton; S McCaffery; R Barreto-Rivera; Four Horsemen., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-05605-5712
Scope and Contents

This recording constitutes a memorial service to bp Nichol from writings chosen and read by his friends on Toronto's Harbourfront, December 2, 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The bpNichol Tribute / bp Nichol; L Tostevin; P Webb; B Dedora; F Wah; D McFadden; G Shikatani; M Ondaatje; P Dutton; S McCaffery; R Barreto-Rivera; Four Horsemen., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-05605-5712
Scope and Contents

This recording constitutes a memorial service to bp Nichol from writings chosen and read by his friends on Toronto's Harbourfront, December 2, 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Butterfly Gull / Smith, William Jay., 1957

 Item
Identifier: CC-42627-44644
Scope and Contents

This is the first draft of the poem that eventually became a larger conventional poem that was published in, "Laughting Time" (1980), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

The Butterfly Well & 4 Other Poems / Huth, Ge(of)., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-02024-2061
Scope and Contents

Also designated as Spunaway Roon No.3 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

The Cardboard Junco / curry, jw., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-19663-20049
Scope and Contents

The front cover has a printed concrete poem consisting of a tautologic representation in a text over text style of the title of this book. The inside back cover has a cellophane bag filled with strips of printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Cement Fuck / levy, d.a. ; Berge C., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-07335-7479
Scope and Contents

The abstract expressionist cover was painted by maRa. A handwritten poem by levy appears on the back cover. This book contains all the stanzas of Chalchihuitlicue; the booklet of the same title (held by the Sackner Archive) only contains the first stanza. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

The Chaffinch Map of Scotland / Morgan, Edwin., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-50680-71754
Scope and Contents

The poem was written by Morgan in December 1965 and was printed in his Collected Poems 1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000