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Sharkey, John, 1936-2014

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1936-2014-02-09- - 2014

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

staleslate / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-56711-10000097
Scope and Contents

The words stale, slate and tales are typed in diminishing density from page top to page bottom starting with staleslatetales and ending with tale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[still in a rush] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey JJ; Kearns L; Kriwet F; Williams J; Mathews H; Harwood L; Hollo A; Corso G; Ginsberg A; Olson C; Zukofsky L; DeCampos A; Sharkey W ., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-56752-10000128
Scope and Contents

This is a two page letter to John Sharkey that includes a poem from Lionel Kearns and mentions information about a notable group of poets and plans for future publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

TEXTS TO SPEAK W/ THE SHARKEY PEOTRY FILM SHOT ?140964 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey JJ., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-56607-58870
Scope and Contents

John Sharkey's poetry film event was held in Bristol, England. Houedard writes in his introductory statement, "these texts consist of words and silences--any 2 words phrases or silences are connected directly thru what the film is about -- so the words &c can be taken in ANY ORDER." Houedard also writes in the text "CONCRETE POEMS ARE THINGS / LOOK THRU CLEANFORMS TO POETMIND CONCRETE PEOMS...CONCRETE POEMS CAN BE TOYS OR INSTSRUMENTS...CONCRETE IS AFTERBEAT" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

[The Tower][CR][The Tower] / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57218-10000547
Scope and Contents

The poem is in the shape of a tower with the base containing the following: "being an illlumination in graphic poems of some of the basic wordy structures of civilisation" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The world's a trough and everyman a pig / Sharkey, John J.., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56708-10000094
Scope and Contents

This is a poem in the shape of a pig typed with capital letters and each body part is the typed name of that part. The complete quote at the botton of the page "The world's a trough and everyman a pig " is attributed to Swillshere. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[tu Cre 1] / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57207-10000534
Scope and Contents

The poem makes references to ee cummings and to " hereinapoem TyEp buutifulsintax" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[tu Cre 2] / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57173-10000500
Scope and Contents

This poem makes references to ee cummings and to "hereina poem TyEp buutifulsintax" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Untitled] / Apollinaire, Guillaume ; Phillips T ; Sharkey JJ ; Henri A ; Baruchello GF ; Blake P ; Finlay IH ; Chopin H ; Furnival J ; Cobbing B ; Cox K ; Heidsieck B ; Spacagna J ; Williams E., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-26002-26464
Scope and Contents

Contains reproduction of handcolored images of Apollinaire's calligraphic poems from the exhibition catalog of Irene Lagut/Leopold Survage, 1917, a book held by the Sackner Archive. The recording is of Apollinaire's reading of his poem "Le Pont Mirbeau," in 1914. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

WORDS 1 / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

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Identifier: CC-57175-10000495
Scope and Contents

The bottom typed edge states "Is this word a symbol for words or for the word words? What is the word words?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

WORDS 2 / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57168-10000496
Scope and Contents

The page contains WORDS typed in a cross. The bottom typed edge states "The difference between words and the word words is the sound of language." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

WORDS 3 / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57169-10000497
Scope and Contents

The page contains WORDS typed randomly and fragmented across the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969