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A Basket of Chestnuts / Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus ; Geoffrey Cook, translator ; Higgins D ; Mott M., 1981
G. Cook's translations fron "The Miscellanea of Venantius Fortunatus" is introduced by Dick Higgins who describes Fortunatus as "perhaps the greatest master of Christian poetry." Included in the book are six examples of emblem or shaped poems from the sixth century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Whimsey Anthology / Wells, Carolyn, editor ; Dodge H ; Carroll L ; Herrick R., 1963
Includes examples of shaped, alphabetical, typographical, alliterative, acrostic, anagraphic, palidromic, and mneumonic poems as well as several types of conventional poems. This reprinted book was first published in 1906 and most of the poems were composed earlier than 1897. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Collected Poems / Swenson, May., 2013
Contrafala (1977-1979) / Bento, Katia ; Mayakovsky V., 1980
Deaths and Entrances / Thomas, Dylan., 1965
This is the seventh reprinting of the book. Some of the 24 poems in the book deal with WWII. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ethernity / Brannen, Jonathan ; Raphael D., 1989
Introduction by Dan Raphael. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Getting Drunk with the Birds / Frost, Richard., 1970
Includes a shaped poem dealing with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The latter should be compared to Bentivoglio's "PISA." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Greek Pastoral Poetry / Holden, Anthony, editor ; Simmias of Rhodes ; Theocritus., 1974
Hesperides & Noble Numbers / Herrick, Robert., 1973
This is a reprint of the poems first published in 1648. Includes a Crucifix shaped poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Iconographs / Swenson, May., 1970
Klasyczne Podstawy Poetyki Perskiej / Dulera, Wladyslaw., 1986
The title translated into English is "The Classical Foundations of Persian Poetics." Includes two poems with the shape of trees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
La Nuit du Prisonnier / Levis-Mano, Guy ; Hugo Va., 1945
The cover and title page depict a poem shaped like bars in a prison cell with the repeated words LA NUIT and the words "du prisonnier" in the middle. The book includes a reproduction of a Valentiner Hugo black and white portrait of Guy Levis-Mano. The name "Jean Garamond" printed on the cover as responsible for the images is a non-de-plume for Guy Levis-Mano. This one of 40 copies of the book is printed on Holland paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
La Quinta Del Sordo (Goya's Disparates) / Monk, Geraldine., 1980
The poems are based upon five of Goya's etchings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ladera Este (1962-1968) / Paz, Octavio ; Cage J., 1969
Includes one shaped poem on page 127. This is the first edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.