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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 278 Collections and/or Records:

life, spots, is / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-09429-9616
Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

littera facta refert 2 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-56360-9999783
Scope and Contents

Eight lines are typed in red and one line in black capital letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

littera facta refert 3 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-56361-9999784
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

LLMA / DUNG (180667) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-56803-10000171
Scope and Contents

The tutle might be interpreted as Llama Dung. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

LLMA / DUNG (180667) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-56803-10000171
Scope and Contents

The tutle might be interpreted as Llama Dung. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Love North Houedard / Coutts-Smith, Kenneth; Tawnshend, Nancy; Houedard DS., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-18836-19214
Scope and Contents

This drawinbg documents a trip with the couple; at that time, Cioutts-Smith was married to Helen Wright. The itinerary for the trip was suggested by Dom Sylvester Houedard to whom the couple express their apprexiation in a letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

machine collect (040964) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Levi P., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-57864-10001116
Scope and Contents

This poem is dedicated tor peter levi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Marcuse / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-09097-9276
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Herbert Marcuse (German: [maʁˈkuːzÉ™]; July 19, 1898 "“ July 29, 1979) was a German Jewish philosopher, sociologist and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Marcuse studied at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research - what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924-1951), Inge Neumann (1955-1972), and Erica Sherover (1976-1979). Active in the United States after 1934, his intellectual concerns were the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology. After his studies, in the late 1960s and the 1970s he became known as the preeminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of Germany, France, and the USA. Between 1943 and 1950, Marcuse worked in US Government Service, which helped form the basis of his book Soviet Marxism (1964). Celebrated as the...
Dates: 1969
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Me Yes No You Us (09/06/63) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963 - 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-55310-58808
Scope and Contents

This card was printed by Simon Verity (born 1945) who is a British sculptor and master stonecarver. Much of his work has been garden sculpture. He has works in the private collections of the Prince of Wales, Sir Elton John, and Lord Rothschild. Verity received his training through the architectural practice of Oliver Hill (known to dsh and through Robert Baker's teaching at Wells Cathedral. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963 - 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Me Yes You No Us (090663), 1963

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-09833-10027
Scope and Contents

This lettered hand-drawn poem is collaged onto a page of Furnival's "Liber Amicorum 1964-1984," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

memorial for oliverhill (150668) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56299-9999728
Scope and Contents

This page contains two poems: life & death and adehtefil. Oliver Hill was a known architect who lived in Glos, England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

memorial poem (251268) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-08627-8799
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

memorial poem the authorized translation of ken - werbhehtmerf - (251268) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-09134-9315
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

memorial poem the authorized translation of ken - werbhehtmerf - / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56957-10000321
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

meth death (110964) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-55913-9999379
Scope and Contents Internet: 'Meth', an abbreviation for the highly addictive drug, methamphetamine, that was discovered in Japan in 1919. The crystalline powder was soluble in water, thus making it easy for injection. It was also discovered that smoking the drug created the same effects as injecting. The Japanese army used methamphetamine during World War II to prevent sleepiness and was also provided it to their pilots during Kamakazi operations. After the war, the drug became available to the public and subsequently produced a major outbreak of abuse, especially among the young people. Bikers were accused of introducing the drug into the psychedelic "60's causing violence. Since then it has been known by many names, such as Trailer Park Meth and BathTub Meth, because it can be cooked up so cheaply and easily. It is the drug of choice for long distance truckers and college students pulling all-nighters. In the USA, over 700 methamphetamine-related deaths were documented in the United States in...
Dates: 1964
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Mini-Posters / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-09323-9506
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a minimalist, constellation poem taken from found text that Houedard has placed on black paper (stock or inked paper). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Mini-Posters / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-09324-9507
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a minimalist, constellation poem taken from found text that Houedard has placed on black paper (stock or inked paper). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Mini-Posters / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-09325-9508
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a minimalist, constellation poem taken from found text that Houedard has placed on black paper (stock or inked paper). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

mjq (010763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-08749-8923
Scope and Contents

The identity of mjq is unknown to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

[monks monks monks] (060963) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-57861-10001111
Scope and Contents

DSH has typed five columns with seven lines of the words 'monks' with the following different wods randomley placed: flies, poetry, work, prayer, ? , weather. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

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