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Minimalist poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 780 Collections and/or Records:

Ing / Coolidge, Clark ; Guston P., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-18519-18891
Scope and Contents

Covers were designed by Philip Guston. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Irish Alphabet Series: The / Furnival, John., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29518-30885
Scope and Contents

This print lists minimalist poems composed of phrases beginning with the word "The," e.g., 1) The Chase, The Child and the Mariner, The Church Organ, The Clock, The Collar. 2) The Coming of Peace, The Coming of Spring, 3) The Conquerors, The Cuckoo, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

It Looks Like Snow / Charlip, Remy., 1957

 Item
Identifier: CC-19153-19532
Scope and Contents

The pages contain citations at the bottom for the proposed images of this "picture book" sans images. Since the dedication of this work reads "for John Cage," the metaphor may signify the musical silences in the composer's avant garde musical scores. This copy might be much less than 750 copies. The completed book was published in 1962 but is out of print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

Jardin Japonais, Un Choix de 18 Textes / Garnier, Ilse ; Garnier, Pierre., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-27815-28948
Scope and Contents

This book consists of 18 poems, typeset one each to a pamphlet which consists of a folded sheet of heavy paper with the title on the cover and the poem on its inner page. The poems are minimal with the title often being longer than tthe poem. The poems were selected from the Bloknoot edition of the photocopied poems of the typewritten originals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Jjammin / Sellars, David., 1988

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Identifier: CC-02212-2252
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Jjammin / Sellars, David., 1989

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Identifier: CC-02213-2253
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of the book that was first published in 1988. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Journeyman: Bird Against the Cloud. No.1 / Robert Lax ; Antonucci E., 1975

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Identifier: CC-56382-9999797
Scope and Contents

This periodical was designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Journeyman: Dr Shakes-Prop. No.5 / Robert Lax ; Antonucci E., 1975

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Identifier: CC-56388-9999803
Scope and Contents

This periodical was designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Journeyman: Oedipus. No.3 / Robert Lax ; Antonucci E., 1975

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Identifier: CC-56386-9999802
Scope and Contents

This periodical was designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Journeyman: Red Blue. No.12 / Robert Lax ; Antonucci E., 1975

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Identifier: CC-56393-9999806
Scope and Contents

This periodical was designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. In this issue, Lax displays his mature poetic stylistic presentations, repetiitious siongle words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Journeyman: Sandra's Dream. No.7 / Robert Lax ; Antonucci E., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-56390-9999804
Scope and Contents

This periodical was designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

'Joy Through Strength' Say Teapots / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12402-12628
Scope and Contents

This poem is included in Finlay's Headlines:Eavelines but this drawing has a totally different layout than the print included in the portfolio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Jug, n. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

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Identifier: CC-12975-13267
Scope and Contents

The poem describes Finlay's feeling when viewing a jug within a still-life by the French painter, Juan Gris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

kocu koci [I Want To Go Home, I Want To Go Home. Etc...] / Stilinovic, Mladen., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-02325-2365
Scope and Contents

Most of the pages utilize the words of the title, "kocu and kuci." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

La Caida del Avion en el Terreno Baldio / Castillejo, Jose Luis; Burroughs WS; Warhol A., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-17332-17696
Scope and Contents

Includes the poem "dormir" meaning sleep in Spanish with rows of the letter "z" to suggest the association of this onomatopoeic sound and snoring. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967