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Minimalist poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Curvd H&Z: Haiku (for David A). No.250/Nov / bp Nichol., 1983

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Identifier: CC-19269-19652
Scope and Contents

David A is David Aylward. This card is also designated one cent #13 and is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Curvd H&Z: The Frog's Obsession with the Fly. No.102/Aug / bp Nichol., 1981

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Identifier: CC-18220-18592
Scope and Contents

Also designated pomez a penny #66. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Curvd H&Z: The Martyrology Book V: Chain 10. No.125/Feb / bp Nichol., 1982

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Identifier: CC-18241-18613
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent (pomez a penny) #80. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series: Final Concrete Testament. No.35 / bp Nichol., 1970

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Identifier: CC-36919-38752
Scope and Contents

The poem in response to its title is "dead." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series: Probable Systems 4 (for James Joyce (in a bummer)). No.54 / bp Nichol., 1980

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Identifier: CC-36877-38710
Scope and Contents

This issue is part of Gronk Intermediate Series No.20 where it is stored. A separate copy is also stored in Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

National Book Festival: Water Poem #3. / bp Nichol., 1985

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Identifier: CC-28062-29220
Scope and Contents

The poem reads wa, ters, tir, ring. The duplicate's matches have been used up. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

one cent: A New Calendar. No.321/Dec / bp Nichol., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30387-31803
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of this booklet; the first was published in Ganglia 5 cents in 1969 and is also held by the Sackner Archive. These brief poems are printed one to a month, e.g., december dismembered, january mortuaried, march parched, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Tonto or: The Langwedge. No.5 / bp Nichol., 1966

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Identifier: CC-01523-1556
Scope and Contents

Two copies are held by the Sackner Archive; there are slight variations in the cover drawings by Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Works 1965-1972 Volume 1 / Nichol, bp ; Nichol E ; Aylward D ; Houedard DS ; Garnier P ; bissett b ; curry jw., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27400-28443
Scope and Contents

This book was compiled by jw curry from unpublished (?) concrete poems of bp Nichol's early work which were composed by typings or writings. curry had access to these works through cataloging of Nichol's archive. These works emphasize the diversity and intelligence of Nichol's typewriter poetry; the calligraphic works are presented with far less examples. The cited authors in this book consist of those whom Nichol composed a poem in their style or as an homage to them. The covers of the book have been collaged with a dust jacket created from an overprinting of a cover by Coach House Press entitled, 'New Wave Canada.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Works 1965-1972 Volume 2 / Nichol, bp ; Curnoe G ; Riddell J ; Coleman V ; Chandler L ; curry jw., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27401-28444
Scope and Contents

This book was compiled by jw curry from unpublished (?) concrete poems of bp Nichol's early work which were composed by typings or writings. curry had access to these works through cataloging of Nichol's archive. He has had access to such work through his cataloging of Nichol's archive. The works emphasize the diversity and intelligence of Nichol's typewriter poetry; the calligraphic works are presented with far less examples. The cited authors in this book consist of those whom Nichol composed a poem in their style or as an homage to them. The covers of the book have been collaged with a dust jacket created from an overprinting of a cover by Coach House Press entitled, 'New Wave Canada.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Works 1965-1972 Volume 3 / Nichol, bp ; curry jw., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27402-28445
Scope and Contents

This book was compiled by jw curry from unpublished (?) concrete poems of bp Nichol's early work which were composed by typings or writings. curry had access to these works through cataloging of Nichol's archive. The works in this volume emphasize Nichol's visual poems and concrete poems made with letraset.; the typewriter poems are presented with far less examples. The covers of the book have been collaged with a dust jacket created from an overprinting of a cover by Coach House Press entitled, 'New Wave Canada.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996