Visual poetry
Found in 4884 Collections and/or Records:
A Humument Second Revision Page 306 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a drawing that is divided into two panels. The large top one contains four floating abstract shapes and the small bottom panel a single found phrase. The poem reads, "Grant me our past. the idle dream of each other - I cannot remember your eyes - love speak my meaning --sealed up in a word - enclose enclose enclose it in sealed hands, - "important papers," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 324 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a drawing that is divided into six panels with five figures of heads.the poem reads, "a nurse? connected with me? - The doctor considered a second nurse - with a false beard and different circumstances I can pass myself off as doctor perfect - enter the bedroom smell the effort -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 329 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a drawing that is a view of an opera house filled with an audience on all floor levels. The poem reads, "The shortest opera - me you blow suck - perform for a sudden spasm - perform for a sudden spasm" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 333 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a drawing that is a scene on a stage with two abstract figures, one male and one female. The top portion is a curtain, the middle background is a landscape with the figures in the front and the bottom section seems to be the prompter's box. The poem reads, "sing out the mind vigil - you have seen an opera performed by spirits merely - ring the last best to raise poor Irma. Hark!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 335 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a complicated drawing of a background of brickshaped varying colored blocks containing texts, a stencilled addition of the name Irma, all topped by a white outlined man's profile figure.The poem reads, "tell me once again - explain for a second time the precise cause of this open and overwhelming emotion - explain the opera disease" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 335 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page contains the image of a woman's head in the lower right corner and an abstract landscape in the center of the page.There are also several vertical dark stripes. The poem reads, "Grenville and the quest "I want you Irma - no second time Princess - no question of open overwhelming lips - no Princess entered - no door of the cheeks open - no Princess with unusual red words upon her. - the opera diseases - no perceived Princess." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 338 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of two separate drawings separated by the heading Chapter XXXII. The top drawing consists of pink hatch marks with two colored abstact forms. The bottom drawing consisits of black and white hatch marks. The poem reads, "in another moment - strength turning - turning strength - his roll of art turning towards a word." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 340 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986
On this page, Phillips has collaged vertical strips of text from the same second page from A Human Document. The texts are pasted over a large painted X. The newly formed text create a fragmented language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 346 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a red head boy and the head of a blond boy looking at a glowing ball. The poem reads, "the peace of the present almost a dream passing we still have some something to pay - settle our conscience settle our conscience - pay pay the payment due, - settle our past - turn the dark lamp toge fret now about thin thin future." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 347 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
The silhouette of Toge, walking on a sunny day with a blue sky as a background. The poem reads, "go into the world toge - sing our times and seasons, - sing of childhood twilight - swing toge in the opera they forgot" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 348 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This drawing depicts a drawing with a purple head in the upper right corner and the back partial torso of a man on the right side of the page who is wearing a stripped jacket. The poem reads, "you stir the violet notes - I know the purple questions - "Yes," said toge the twilight and I learn to think - matters connect - Then in the opera all that night - glad Irma - glad Irma - glad Irma." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page 358 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
This page consists of a drawing of three abstract brown dancing nude figures on a blue background with the outline of a man's torso in the forefront. A lit lamp shade is at the top of the page. The poem reads, "he composed pages by the light of trouble - in want of paradise where bright brown girls of wonder dream of toge - as prismatic voices of singing air remember toge" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Second Revision Page51 / Phillips, Tom., 1986
The image on this page of Chapter V consist of five diagonal decorative stripes of color. The poetry reads, "one o'clock - one o'clock already - dark country of night his unknown junction. taste the time wait for the dream filaments - velvet The travelling regions of sleep smoked and shadow starred" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 4 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "pasted on to the present- see, it is nine eleven - the time singular - which broke down illusion - I Love New York!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 7 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "scribe the once or twice story - scribe the story reveal a sister story - see now the arts connect - a veil thrown over a veil, as changes made the book continue" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 8 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "the found friend a book to be recast - only connect - here is art coming to claim a little white opening out of thought" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 9 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads " Of all the pictures--and they are many of them--you would look at none but three--three miniatures in her face book - spot leo and phil and Ah, at last toge - Look at her book; her book now in the app of this volume. - whose bones my bones shall meet again in the sap of the best,". Leo is his son in real life and being gay, presumably Phil would be his partner. In laster years, Phillips created an actual app for the IPhone and IPad. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 12 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "we men and women who are life - we are the people - the good the evil the incomplete - the good and evil, the necessary". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 27 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "an invitation it was not possible to refuse. martyr art - The champagne art which had the Muses of feeling, follow-things financial - o show us the way to the gravy train". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Humument Sixth Revision Page 33 / Phillips, Tom., 2005 - 2011
The poem reads "as years went on, you began to fail better" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.