Concrete poetry
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 610 Collections and/or Records:
(Th) Gossamer Bed Pan, Revised, 1974
This first edition differs from the later, revised edition in its covers, fold-outs, and the presence of an offset page. There are more rubberstamped texts and less typewriter poetry in the first edition than the revised edition. The revised edition also has pages printed in red ink whereas the first edition does not. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
THALAMUS & SOL (071264), 1964
This depicts a square of composed of two words in capital letters THALAMUS & SOL. Houedard has composed several poems using the neurologic structure, Thalamus, as their basis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Thanks, 2000
The word THANKS is incised on the top surface of the orange paper weight. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Affair (b), 1969
The Books Lost to the Fire in the Library of Alexandria Revealed Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 19. The shape of the poem appears to be a Greek temple with columns. The titles of the books listed in the poem are made-up raunch phrases, several well known in old and ancient jokes, e.g, "The Yellow River by I.P. Daily; The Aged Car by Denton Fender; The Random Jockstrap by Wun Hung Lo etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Cement Fuck, 1966
The abstract expressionist cover was painted by maRa. A handwritten poem by levy appears on the back cover. This book contains all the stanzas of Chalchihuitlicue; the booklet of the same title (held by the Sackner Archive) only contains the first stanza. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Club Ha Ha Gate, 2001
the ear's pavilion, 1956
This is the same poem in red ink but pubished b&w in Williams' 'Anthology of Concrete Poetry' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Fitzroy Poems, 1989
The poems for the most part are written in the Creole dialect of the Fitzroy region of Australia. Pi O's Christian name is Peter Oustabasides. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Fool Still Looking at the Same Thing [2], 1988
This version of the poem has slight differences from the first version, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Forest and the Revolution, 1981
Flyer advertising a series of exhibitions entitled "The Forest and the Revolution" held from May-October 1981 in Stonypath Garden and the Garden Temple in Finlay's Little Sparta in Lanarck, Scotland. Exhibitions included "Souvenirs of the French Revolution", "Nine Columns", "Names on Trees", "Talismans and Signifiers", "Classic Landscapes", "Pantheon of the Revolution", "Zeno and Epicurus", "Raspberry Camouflage", and "Spartan and Old Roman Promenades", as well as other publications and plantings.
The Light Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on sequential pages 167-171. The shape of the poem consists of five poems with abstract shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[the longago & yetocome] (170963) / [poeme traduction] / POEME BLANC (140663), 1963
This page contains the three concrete poems in the title. The third poem is an" homage a leopold sedar senghor." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Multi-Wing Multi-Being Multi-Sing Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 43. The shape of the poem is a dragonfly viewed from above and this mentioned in the concluding phrase, "Stars shine bright on shatter light fate twitch wings finning out inner atmosphere character. Thee.The. That's go with the flow of the delicate Herakleition transparent inner stratasphere dragonfly light wings, folks." The dragonfly's body consists of rhyming nonsense words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The North American Book of the Dead, 1966
The theme of this poem deals with Zen and an afterlife place whose description was inspired by the Tibetan book of the Dead. The poem has five parts; the first two which were published in 1965 have been extensively revised and three parts added. The latter are bound upside down. Three drawings are reproduced in the book. The cover, a watercolor by levy, has a darker, more developed structure than the other copy of this book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Ornamental Blessing, 1994
The poem is set in short phrases on the vertical axis of tightly, rolled scroll with occasional diagonally printed phrases of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Paean to Various New, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 8. The shape is that of the lower half of a New York man's body peeing on the sidewalk. The last word of the title together with the urinary stream documents this shape, "New Yorkers Pissing on the Sidewalk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Para-Concrete Manifesto / Letter from Cavan McCarthy to George (Dowden?), re: payment: Thanks for your cash, 1966
The da levy poem is also on the back cover of Tlaloc 13, a periodical also held by the Sackner Archive. This letter is stored in a da levy binder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Petit Eternal Return Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 11. The shape is a mandala that surrounds a triangle (from the words in the poem, this signifies a pubic triangle). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
