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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6393 Collections and/or Records:

Curvd H&Z: Lineal: for Barbara Caruso. No.145/Aug / jw curry ; Michael Dudley., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-17812-18182
Scope and Contents

Poem consists of permutations of a grid of the phrase, align a line," along with an illustration. Also designated the wrecking ballzark #43. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Curvd H&Z: Logical Sequence 7: a brief statement on a possibility of planetary alignment. No.51/Mar / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18173-18545
Scope and Contents

The poem reads as a column, 1978 1979 1980 1981 198| with the latter a an inscrible rather than 1982. The poem is also designated th wrecking ballzark #15 and pomez a penny #31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Curvd H&Z: Logical Sequence 46. No.43/Jan / jw curry ; andley G., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18166-18538
Scope and Contents

Ths two words used in this poem are MUTATE AND MUTATION. The work is also designated th wrecking ballzark #12 and pomez a penny #26. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Curvd H&Z: New H Blues. No.266/Dec / bp Nichol., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-19310-19693
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #62. The images are abstract variations on the letter "H." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Curvd H&Z: New New H Blues. No.379/Apr / bp Nichol., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19520-19903
Scope and Contents

The images are calligraphic variations of the letter "H." the cover graphic was done by Robert Crumb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Curvd H&Z: no w here. No.100/Jun / Steven Smith., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18216-18588
Scope and Contents

Also designated pomez a penny #64. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: no w here. No.100/Jun / Steven Smith., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18217-18589
Scope and Contents

Also designated pomez a penny #64. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: Poet's Lament. No.216/Jun / David UU., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-18401-18773
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent #117 and th wrecking ballzark #53. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Curvd H&Z: Pornograph 2nd edition. No.46/Jan / jw curry ; Aylward D., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18169-18541
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of the poem first published as Curvd H&Z #23. Also designated th wrecking ballzark #13 and pomez a penny #29. The poem consists of the fragmentation of the word "incest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Curvd H&Z: Pornograph. No.23/Nov / jw curry., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-18280-18652
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #7 and pomez a penny #14. Poem consists of the fragmentation of the word "incest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Curvd H&Z: Qaani Lore #2: First Breath. No.94/Jun / jw curry., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18214-18586
Scope and Contents

Also designated pomez a penny #94 and th wrecking ballzark #28. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: qaani lore #7. No.196/Apr / jw curry., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-18381-18753
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent #106 and th wrecking ballzark #49. The text is shaped like a leaf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Curvd H&Z (Series 0): Flight. No.11/Jun / Peggy lefler., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-20483-20880
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark 2 (Vol.0). This poem was lefler's first individually written publication. She was the first wife of jw curry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Curvd H&Z: Seven Portraits - Ra. No.89/May / Richard Truhlar., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18209-18581
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #26. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: Shift. No.69/Sep / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18186-18558
Scope and Contents

The letters of this poem are set apart and smudged except for the SH of SHIFT to imply motion. The SH is printed together possibly to draw a scatologic inference. This work is also designated hangnail #3 and th wrecking ballzark #20. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Curvd H&Z: Silent Page. No.79/Feb / jw curry., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18197-18569
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #23. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: Sound Poem 3. No.60/Jun / William Maki., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18180-18552
Scope and Contents

This poem morphs the words 'dismay and Mayhem' into 'dismayhem.' It is also designated the wrecking balzark No.18 and pomez a penny #38. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Curvd H&Z: Sound Poem #7. No.227/Aug / William Maki ; curry jw., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-18413-18785
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #54 and one cent #124. The cover was designed by jw curry. The sound poem appears to have its roots in a Native American chant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983