Each page reproduces a typewrtten, minimalist poem on the right sided page only. These include the well known poems, "eyeye" and "lighght" among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Reproductions of examples of concrete poetry; one copy printed on white and the other on yellow stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

his image was printed by Brice Marden. Saroyan received a $5,000 grant from NEA to produce this print and FOUR other minimalist, concrete poems. This grant prompted William Proxmire, senator from Wisconsin, to award his Golden Fleece Award to the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the most outrageous examples of slap-your-forehead misappropriations. In his book "an/thology of pwoermds" Geof Huth writes the following: "I began to write pwoermds after becoming entranced by Saroyan's eyeye. The simple beauty of that poem haunted me, even though (and maybe because) the poem began as a typographical error of Saroyan's and it took a friend of his to point out to him its signficance (Solt, Concrete Poetry, 57)." This print was redone in 1989 as a silkscreen orint in 1989 in an edition of 150 with a priceof $1,000 on the internet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This essay is an excellent critique and analysis of selected poems that Grumman ties together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cover poem depicts a minimalist letter poem by Aram Saroyan. The dupicate does not have the 5 loose sheets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "eyeye" is embossed in gold on the front cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "eyeye" is embossed in gold on the front cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The name "Saroyan" is fragmented. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this autobiography dealing with his life in the sixties and seventies, Saroyan provides an analysis of his 1965 poem, "Lighght," and the wisespread public outcry engendered by its publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cluver presents definitions of Concrete Poetry and its controversies. Robert Indiana's "LOVE" works and e.e. cummings poem "brIght" are analyzed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cluver presents definitions of Concrete Poetry and its controversies. Robert Indiana's "LOVE" works and e.e. cummings poem "brIght" are analyzed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cluver analyzes the following Concrete Poems: Saroyan's "MM," Gomringer's "Silencio," Xisto's "Epithalamium II," Herrmann's "K8," Pignatari's "LIFE," Plaza's "Organismo Aureo," DeCampos' "Eis Os Amantes," Cage's "Chance: Change," and DeBarrios' "Lingua." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

his image was printed by Brice Marden. Saroyan received a $5,000 grant from NEA to produce this print and FOUR other minimalist, concrete poems. This grant prompted William Proxmire, senator from Wisconsin, to award his Golden Fleece Award to the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the most outrageous examples of slap-your-forehead misappropriations. In his book "an/thology of pwoermds" Geof Huth writes the following: "I began to write pwoermds after becoming entranced by Saroyan's eyeye. The simple beauty of that poem haunted me, even though (and maybe because) the poem began as a typographical error of Saroyan's and it took a friend of his to point out to him its signficance (Solt, Concrete Poetry, 57)." This print was redone in 1989 as a silkscreen orint in 1989 in an edition of 150 with a priceof $1,000 on the internet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.