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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1054 Collections and/or Records:

Rebellious, 1980

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-21333-21744
Scope and Contents

The first of C. Bellaert's "n-books" all of which are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Red Road, 1954

 Item
Identifier: CC-16099-16442
Scope and Contents

This collage from the early period of Denny's work relates to graphic design and with his interest in letter pictures. After the mid-sixties, the employment of text in images disappeared and his works became constructivistic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

Relivro, 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-54649-990092
Scope and Contents

This book deals mostly with documentation of De Barros' performances. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Renegade, 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-52933-74073
Scope and Contents

Topel's painting, "the portal,' is reproduced on the inside back cover; this painting is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Revolutie, 1968

 Item — Folder 69: [Barcode: 31858072538030]
Identifier: CC-16007-16348
Scope and Contents

This is among the most widely reproduced concrete poems of Paul De Vree. The word "Revolutie," printed in a circular way in red color has been fractured across its middle and placed slightly to the right of its top half to give an optical sense of movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Right / Left, 1969

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-57140-10000476
Scope and Contents

This page contains R-L on the left side and the letters eft and ight on the right side so that the words Left, Reft, Light and Right can be created. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

ROETHKE (300863), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-08744-8918
Scope and Contents

This poem is a homage to the death of Theodore Roethke (May25, 1908 - August 1, 1963) and was written by dsh one week after his death. Wikipedia: Roethke was an American poet who published several volumes of influential and critically acclaimed verse. He is widely regarded as among the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation. Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book, The Waking, and he won the annual National Book Award for Poetry twice, in 1959 for Words for the Wind[2] and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.In the November 1968 edition of the Atlantic Monthly, former U.S. Poet Laurete and author James Dickey wrote Roethke was: "...in my opinion the greatest poet this country has yet produced." In keeping with Houedard's poem, Roethke's poems often related to nature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Rolled Poem, 2002

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-43693-45779
Scope and Contents

This edition consisted of 50 tubes covered with recycled sticker material from different networkers in the 1980s and 1990s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Rot: Lesarten Und Schreibweisen. No.33 / Timm Ulrichs., 1968

 Item — Box 589: [Barcode: 31858072464369]
Identifier: CC-58682-50262
Scope and Contents

This issue was edited by Max Bense. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Rowan / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12496-12723
Scope and Contents

The poem is printed in a single or two letter vertical arrangement in two phrases on a green background, viz., "When down from heaven gladness pours," and "How neatly the little rowan distibutes itself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987