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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 278 Collections and/or Records:

69 (051064) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-09376-9562
Scope and Contents

The page has folds that allow the poem to be displayed in an on end, vertical position. The number '69' is repetively typed in grids of square and rectangular shapes. Three ciircles and twp partial circles typed in black ink capital L's overlay the grids. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

A Forward Step to the Primitive: The Poetic Art of Cobbing and the Concretes / Jones, Chris ; Phillips T ; Furnival J ; Chopin H ; Houedard DS ; Rothenberg J ; Gomringer E ; Carroll L ; Herbert G ; Griffiths B ; Claire P., 1994

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Identifier: CC-08306-8469
Scope and Contents

This book deals with aspects of concrete poetry paying debt to Cobbing and other pioneers. Chris Jones' essay provides several definitions of concrete poetry, stating that "it is helpful to think of concrete poetry as being an umbrella term for those processes...who share a concern with text (words, letters, phonemes, signs) as their material." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

A Gala Exhibition / Cobbing, Bob; Houedard DS; Cox K; Wright E; Verey C; Furnival J; Finlay IH; Morgan E; Gerz J; Chopin H; Garnier P; Gette PA; Logue C; Lucie-Smith E., 1969

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Identifier: CC-19507-19890
Scope and Contents

Cobbing mentions that nearly a thousand items were included in this exhibition that took place over one month's period which thirty thousand people attended un London's Royal Festival Hall.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

a mour armour / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55768-33448
Scope and Contents

The R is drawn above a mour.The recto depicts the title" amour 2" in the u.r. corner -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Adventurous Provincial Art Centres / Lucie-Smith, Edward; Furnival J; Houedard DS; Finlay IH., 1965

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Identifier: CC-07547-7691
Scope and Contents

This article describing The Midland Group Gallery in Nottingham specifically relates to an exhibition of concrete poetry, the catalog of which is contained in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

ALMOST BUT, OFTEN IT MEANS MORE THAN THAT (January 20, 1968) / League Bull / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55112-9998925
Scope and Contents

This work was reproduced in the Dom Sylvester houedard book edited by Nicola Simpson, "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter: The Life and Work of Dom Sylvester Houedard" and is stored in the binder labeled DSH London 2012. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Along A Visual Continuum: Parts 1-7 / Gorman, Leroy; Swede G; Roseliep R; Houedard DS; Nichol bp., 1987

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Identifier: CC-31507-32999
Scope and Contents

Gorman lucidly interpretes several concrete poems in a comparison to Haiku poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

am I ? / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55771-44552
Scope and Contents

The " am" reverses to "we." The verso contians dsh writing "am i? am i" in the l.l. corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

am I ? / we i ! / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55772-9999311
Scope and Contents

The " am" reverses to "we." The verso contians dsh writing, "am i? am i" in the l.l. corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[ancient concrete poetry] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-09696-9889
Scope and Contents

The manuscript consists of preparatory notes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[And Then & Then] (080763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08745-8919
Scope and Contents

The poem is written in underlined uppercase letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963