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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 799 Collections and/or Records:

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: Manomissione (Libro-opera, 1981). No.36 / Luciano Caruso ; Zanchetti G., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-32112-33651
Scope and Contents

The visual poems in this book are composed of finger-shapes filled with calligraphic text and markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Breathe - I Am Breathing / Sloy ; Sackner, Marvin., 1996

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Identifier: CC-03108-3156
Scope and Contents

Sloy sent Sackner a card with the repetitive admonition, "breathe" and Sackner returned a computer printed page with stylized lungs formed by the repetitive phrase, "I Am Breathing" in various typefaces and dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

[butterfly with red o's] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-57556-10000833
Scope and Contents

Poem is folded to resemble the shape of a butterfly with red and black markings produced by typing. This work was removed from a page of Furnival's "Liber Amicorum 1964-1984," a book held by the kner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Caligramas y Recortes en Papel / Zeller, Ludwig ; Apollinaire G., 1969 - 1987

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Identifier: CC-29944-31335
Scope and Contents

The exhibition consisted of 30 calligraphic poems cut from paper, numbers 19 to 25 were later published in a portfolio, "Siete Caligramas," a work also held by the Sackner Archive. In this catalogue, Zeller expains how he found the text for his first calligram in a dream. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969 - 1987

Calligrams / Apollinaire, Guillaume ; Anne Hyde Greet, translator., 1970

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Identifier: CC-24740-25193
Scope and Contents

Calligrams are presented in French and English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[Calligraphic Bush] / Hatherly, Ana., 1988

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Identifier: CC-34773-36479
Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of short lines of handwritten strokes creating a design that resembles a bush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Calligraphie Arabe / Massoudy, Hassan., 1980

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Identifier: CC-62429-47568
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. There are four duplicate cards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Calligraphie arabe moderne / Massoudy, Hassan., 1984

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Identifier: CC-62428-47567
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Carmina I: Textvs Adiecto Indice Verborvm / Porfyrii, Pvblilii Optatiani., 1973

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Identifier: CC-04726-4815
Scope and Contents

Edited by Johannes Polara. A first edition of "Panagyricus..." (1595) by the author whose name is spelled as "Porphyrii" is held by the Sackner Archive. The text and poems of this book provide reproductions of "Panagyricus" which in the original book are Carmina Cancellata. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Carmina II: Commentarivm Criticvm et Exegeticvm / Porfyrii, Pvblilii Optatiani., 1973

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Identifier: CC-04724-4813
Scope and Contents

Consists of annotated bibliography of the poet's works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Carpet / Kempton, Karl., 1977

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Identifier: CC-62431-47574
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977