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Conventional poetry

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3950 Collections and/or Records:

Under Milk Wood / Thomas, Dylan., 1954

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Identifier: CC-51180-72268
Scope and Contents This is the 11th printing of the 1st edition of the book. Wikepedia comments: Under Milk Wood is a 1954 play for radio by Dylan Thomas, later adapted for the stage. A film version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972. An all-seeing narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of an imaginary small Welsh village, Llareggub (which backwards is bugger all). They include Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard, relentlessly bossing her two dead husbands; Captain Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs Dai Breads; Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter, pining for her dead lover. Later, the town wakes and, aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do, we watch them go about their daily business.The fictional name Llareggub resembles other Welsh place names, which often begin with Llan- (meaning church), but is actually derived from reversing the phrase "bugger all". In early published...
Dates: 1954

Underwhich Renegade: the space near sudbury. No.1/Mar / John Barlow., 1995

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Identifier: CC-01066-1094
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Theme is the railroad tracks near Sudbury, Canada where Barlow & curry boarded a freight train for a hobo trip across Canada. Also published as Canadian Small Change Association Vol.2 No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Une Piece Circulaire / Stein, Gertrude ; Gerard-Georges Lemaire, translator ; Aeschbacher A ; Ayme A ; Gysin B ; Kolar J ; Phillips T., 1985

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Identifier: CC-01913-1949
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This work includes an original drawing over a silkscreen text by Tom Phillips. Martine Saillard is the owner of Edition Traversiere. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Unicorn / Carter, Angela., 1966

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Identifier: CC-19173-19553
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These poems that were first published in Vision Magazine, Bristol, England constitutes Carter's first book. She later wrote Children's books and books about cats. The cover design is an example of typewriter, concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

United Artist. No.14/Oct / Werner H ; McClure M ; Berrigan T ; Mayer B., 1981

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Identifier: CC-00924-948
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Bernadette Mayer provides a particularly interesting section of experimental poetry involving permutations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Universo / Silva Brito, Mario da ; Pignatari D ; DeCampos H., 1961

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Identifier: CC-02682-2725
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The concrete poetic cover was designed by Decio Pignatari and acritical essay was written by Haroldo De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Unleavened / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08838-9013
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Theme deals with the homeless during the Passover season in San Francisco. Hieroglyphics are based upon Graffiti on San Francisco buses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Unpublished: [LONG BLOND HAIR] [53] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57479-10000772
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The image is a woman with long hair formed by parenthesis. She stands on a hand drawn base. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [OLD SOLDIER CONDOR] [51] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57477-10000768
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The image is a soldier standing on New York skyscrapers. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958