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futura: Emergent Poems. No.20 / Edwin Morgan., 1967

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Identifier: CC-27477-28525

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Scope and Contents

Each of the six poems uses a single line (e.g., I am the resurrection and the life, and Il faut etre absolument moderne). A varying number of letters in different positions in the line are eliminated to create a spatial, incomprehensible, letter picture-like appearance. The complete line is printed at the bottom of the poem. Morgen calls the texts "emergent poems" and notes that they are taken from St. John, Burns, Brecht, Rimbaud, Dante, and the Communist Manifesto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 broadside (folded, letterpress)) ; 48 x 63.5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Stuttgart, West Germany : Edition Hansjorg Mayer.General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by CONV; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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