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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 778 Collections and/or Records:

Bayamus & Cardinal Polatuo / Themerson, Stefan ; Waldrop K., 1997

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Identifier: CC-33127-34753
Scope and Contents

This is the reprinted edition with an introduction by Keith Waldrop; the first editions are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Beatlemania / Levi F., 1978

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Identifier: CC-21458-21869
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Program for musical production with songs illustrated by Frank Levi in form of shaped poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Bildade Manniskor / Key-Aberg, Sandro., 1965

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Identifier: CC-53644-291354
Scope and Contents Gustav Sandro Key-Atkins was born 6 May 1922 in Dresden in Germany , died 5 July 1991 in Stockholm, was a Swedish author. was born of Swedish parents in Dresden but grew up in various foster homes, the first in Italy. His father left the mother and son, and he grew up in a boarding later with little contact with the mother. Growing up is reflected in his writings. He studied at drama school and debuted in 1950 with the poetry collection Skramdas games. Sandro Key-Ã…berg experimented extensively in his writing. For example, people Formed in 1964 , all texts designed as images. Another stylistic approach was his so-called "PRATOR." a kind of everyday conversation. An example of this is the O-scenprator from 1965 . At one point he wrote for Writers Centre a discussion guide on how you can work with poetry; Discovery Voyage of the poem. Key Atkins spent long periods in their holiday home in Lonneberga with his wife, artist Gudrun Key-Ã…berg. After the death of his wife in 1982 he...
Dates: 1965

[Bizarre Stars: Disjointed Always] / Herms, George., 1978

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Identifier: CC-09167-9348
Scope and Contents

This star-like image, composed of several seemingly disjointed phrases, includes "Post pnemonia sputum from ridiculous to lime." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Blocks to be Arranged in a Pyramid: In Memorium AIDS / Johnson, Ronald., 1996

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Identifier: CC-32636-34221
Scope and Contents

The poem is a metaphoric description of AIDS. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Blue Book Poems / Lastnite, Michael ; Lax R., 1983

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Identifier: CC-07377-7521
Scope and Contents

The poems were dedicated to Robert Lax. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Bomb / Corso, Gregory., 1958

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Identifier: CC-18580-18952
Scope and Contents

This is the first state of the poem with two books advertised on the rear panel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Bop Scheherazades / Phillips, Michael Joseph., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41404-43389
Scope and Contents

This book is a reproduction of a manuscript in which Phillips fantasizes a description of several feminine movie stars, porno stars, singers, and models with short poems, one to each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

[$] / Bory, Jean-Francois., 1968

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Identifier: CC-21213-21623
Scope and Contents

An original print of this image is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Boys, A-Z; A Primer / Waber, Dan., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46021-48728
Scope and Contents

This pages form a male image from the combination of a letraset capital letter and calligraphic letters and markings. A poem is printed on a facing page as a caption to the image. Also designated publication #17. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: Manomissione (Libro-opera, 1981). No.36 / Luciano Caruso ; Zanchetti G., 1998

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Identifier: CC-32112-33651
Scope and Contents

The visual poems in this book are composed of finger-shapes filled with calligraphic text and markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Breathe - I Am Breathing / Sloy ; Sackner, Marvin., 1996

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Identifier: CC-03108-3156
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Sloy sent Sackner a card with the repetitive admonition, "breathe" and Sackner returned a computer printed page with stylized lungs formed by the repetitive phrase, "I Am Breathing" in various typefaces and dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996