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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6469 Collections and/or Records:

wrecking ballzark, th: broadcasting from planet He (fr J.Blish). No.57 / jw curry., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-40594-42567
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.224. This is also card #32. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Can't Afford No Kodak Instamatik Instamatik. No.16/Apr / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53370-63139
Scope and Contents

This work is also designated Curvd H&Z No.54. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Card #21: loom(inous). No.47/Mar / Noah Zacharin., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-52084-73196
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.185. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Different Tenses. No.14 / Peggy lefler., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53367-63148
Scope and Contents

AntiChrist was first published as logical sequence #3 in Curvd H&Z series 0, No.9. This work is also designated Curvd H&Z No.50. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Hologram 4. No.60/Nov / bp Nichol., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-40590-42563
Scope and Contents

The poem is difficult to read because it is written in three dimensions but appears to state "flat feet." It is also listed as Curvd H&Z No.257 and One Cent Series No.134. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Iti. No.52/Jun / John Mantha., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53122-74274
Scope and Contents

Also designated Hangnail #11 and Curved H&Z No.211. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Lineal: for Barbara Caruso. No.43/Aug / jw curry ; Michael Dudley., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-00384-392
Scope and Contents

Poem consists of permutations of a grid of the phrase, "align a line," along with an illustration. Also designated in "Curvd H&D" series as No.145. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

wrecking ballzark, th: Logical Sequence 7: a brief statement on a possibility of planetary alignment. No.15 / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53368-63138
Scope and Contents

The poem reads as a column, 1978 1979 1980 1981 198| with the final digit a scribble rather than 1982. The poem is also designated Curvd H&Z No.51 and pomez a penny #31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Logical Sequence 46. No.12 / jw curry ; andley G., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53366-63136
Scope and Contents

Ths two words used in this poem are MUTATE AND MUTATION. The work is also designated Curved H&Z No.43 and pomez a penny #26. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: New H Blues. No.62/Dec / bp Nichol., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-52072-73175
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.266. The images are abstract variations on the letter "H." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Poet's Lament. No.53/Jun / David UU., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-52081-73192
Scope and Contents

Also designated one cent #117 and Curvd H&Z No.216. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Pornograph 2nd Ed. No.13 / jw curry ; Aylward D., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53363-63137
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of the poem first published as Curvd H&Z #23. Also designated Curvd H&z No.46 and pomez a penny #29. The poem consists of the fragmentation of the word "incest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Pornograph 2nd Ed. No.13 / jw curry ; Aylward D., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53364-100055
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of the poem first published as Curvd H&Z #23. Also designated Curvd H&z No.46 and pomez a penny #29. The poem consists of the fragmentation of the word "incest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Pornograph. No.7 / jw curry., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-53360-63133
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.23 and pomez a penny #14. Poem consists of the fragmentation of the word "incest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

wrecking ballzark, th: Seven Portaits - Ra. No.26/May / Richard Truhlar., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-40035-42003
Scope and Contents

Also designated in "Curvd H&Z" series as No.89. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

wrecking ballzark, th: Seven Portraits - Ra. No.26/May / Richard Truhlar., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-52080-73190
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.89. The images appear to have been made by letraset. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

wrecking ballzark, th: Shift. No.20/Sep / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53372-63143
Scope and Contents

The letters of this poem are set apart and smudged except for the SH of SHIFT to imply motion. The SH is printed together possibly to draw a scatologic inference. This work is also designated Curvd H&Z No.69 and Hangnail #3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Sound Poem 3. No.18 / William Maki., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53369-63141
Scope and Contents

This poem morphs the words 'dismay and Mayhem' into 'dismayhem.' It is also designated curvd H&Z No.60 and pomez a penny #38. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Sound Poem #7. No.54/Aug / William Maki ; curry jw., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53120-74270
Scope and Contents

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #54 and one cent #124. The cover was designed by jw curry. The sound poem appears to have its roots in a Native American chant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: The Child Is The Only Gat. No.10 / Greg Andely., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-53362-63134
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems, one to a page, demonstrate word play through alteration of a single letter, e.g., 'artistic - autistic,' and 'games of slaughter - games of laughter.' Also designated Curvd H&Z No.37.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979