Scope and Contents This issue includes a Glyn Pursglove's essay, "An Introduction to Concrete Poetry." He states "The phrase 'Concrete Poetry' is bandied about a great deal in a way which seems to suggest that all those to whom it is applied are part of a conscious, united movement, and that they are artists whose work is dictated by a set of common and explicit principles. As anyone with any understanding of artistic 'movements' will readily imagine, this is a superficial and misleading idea. Certainly there have been plenty of explicit statements by some of the poets involved but these have, naturally, attracted as many opponents as supporters. One of the most important of such statements was 'POSITION 1 of International (Movement) for Spatial Poetries" organised by, among others, Pierre Gamier. This was not quite a manifesto, in the sense of a document proclaiming plans for the future, but rather a formalisation of a situation. Gamier was fully conscious of the difficulties, and his closing words...

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Donato Cinicolo writes that he will be unable to travel to Prinknish Abbey with Houedard but will meet him there as he has a;ready booked a ticket. The typings are arranged in clusters with frequent use of words translated into French and Italian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard addresses Donato as Danilo, typing the name as an optical image concrete poem. His own signature is also typed as an optical image. He thanks Cinicolo for sending him his project book and indicates that he should tell Hansjorg Mayer that he will send him Dana Atchley's Notebook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard addresses Donato as Danilo, typing the name as an optical image concrete poem. His own signature is also typed as an optical image. He thanks Cinicolo for sending him his project book and indicates that he should tell Hansjorg Mayer that he will send him Dana Atchley's Notebook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard thanks Donatello [cinicolo 3) for the greenbook and writes that he is" trying to catch up on letters & writing bookreviews &tc & typing out things for the anthology of soundpoetry i am supposed to have finished last year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard thanks Donatello for the greenbook and writes that he is" trying to catch up on letters & writing bookreviews &tc & typing out things for the anthology of soundpoetry i am supposed to have finished last year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Addresses Donato as my dear do don't NATO donato3 donatello donatissimo donatellone. Thanks him for his "squareletter" which pleased the postman (envelope 05-08-1970). Indicates that he is still waiting for a silver ribbon. Complains about Hansjorg Mayer and friends hogging an art show for first year graphic students. The text of the letter is typed in a pattern of wavy rather than the usual straight lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Addresses Donato as my dear do don't NATO donato3 donatello donatissimo donatellone. Thanks him for his "squareletter" which pleased the postman (envelope 05-08-1970). Indicates that he is still waiting for a silver ribbon. Complains about Hansjorg Mayer and friends hogging an art show for first year graphic students. The text of the letter is typed in a pattern of wavy rather than the usual straight lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the exhibition catalogue of British and Portuguese concrete poetry and related work held from August to September, 1968. Each book including this one contains an original typing by Cavan McCarthy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was organized by the students of Bath Academy of Art to carry out projects proposed by their three teachers, Furnival, Finlay, and Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the catalogue for an international exhibition of concrete, intermedia, and related work at Arlington Mill, Bibury, Gloucestershire held from July to September, 1966. This copy also has poet's names in graphite handwriting scrawled on the back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the catalogue for an international exhibition of concrete, intermedia, and related work at Arlington Mill, Bibury, Gloucestershire held from July to September, 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an "ode for james russwll lowell" of the Asphodel Bookshop in Cleveland.The poem reads, 'hallucinogenitalia,' suggesting a mocking of the police action.The text at the bottom of the page reads,"arrested 011266 by narcotics agents under a secret indictment by the county grand jury for possession & distribution of obscene poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a reprinting in colored rubberstamped letters of a Houedard version of Basho's frog pond plop. The verso contains a quotation from DMF (?), "One day I will have to acknowledge that the only story is the world, and action the only language in which to tell it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue is another smaller version of a larger catalogue with eight pockets for poems that is also held by the Sackner Archive. It lists the titles of 193 poems without illustrations. No.132 negro organ, a reversal poem is held by the Sackner Archive as is 1.mind/ache and 54.porn/shop, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Notes and manuscript for essay published in the exhibition catalogue "Between Poetry And Painting" (ICA, London, 1965). The published catalogue is also held by the Sackner archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Handwritten corrections and additions were made by Max Bense. Stored together with other Archival materials for this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Khu-En-Oho is another name for d.a. levy -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.