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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of My Mother, 1977

 Item — Folder 56: [Barcode: 31858072537909]
Identifier: CC-21851-22262
Scope and Contents

Portrait taken from an old photograph and found personal records. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Senza Titolo, 1989

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-15677-16006
Scope and Contents

The letraset drawing reproduced on page 13 of this book is held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Sketches Artyping, 2014

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Be-Bir: [Barcode: 31858072491172]
Identifier: CC-58389-10001605

Sketches Artyping [2], 2014

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Be-Bir: [Barcode: 31858072491172]
Identifier: CC-58390-10001606

Slovovyd, 1999

 Item — Box 616: [Barcode: 31858072461019]
Identifier: CC-34018-35694
Scope and Contents

There is an explanation and translation of the concrete poems in English at the back of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

[Soldier], 1968

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Bis-Bu: [Barcode: 31858072491271]
Identifier: CC-23510-23955
Scope and Contents

This photograph was submitted for inclusion in Bremer's book, "Texte und kommentare zwei vortrage." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Spaghetti Decorated Ltd, 1974

 Item — Folder 32: [Barcode: 31858072459914]
Identifier: CC-19782-20169
Scope and Contents

The central image is a newspaper photograph of the Russian Communist leader, Brezhnev. The typings simulate the shape of hanging spaghetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

[Star], 1968

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Bis-Bu: [Barcode: 31858072491271]
Identifier: CC-23511-23956

Storia del Monumento, 1968

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Be-Bir: [Barcode: 31858072491172]
Identifier: CC-24938-25391
Scope and Contents

This folder with prints is also included in Carrega's "Pantabox 69." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; Eight: Loveburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42385-44395
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is that of a cat though the text deals with tigers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; One: Sleepburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42373-44383
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is in the form of a cat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

[Tanks], 1968

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Bis-Bu: [Barcode: 31858072491271]
Identifier: CC-23506-23951
Scope and Contents

Claus Bremer was born in Hamburg Germany in1924 and died in Zurich Switzerland in1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

TD. Eye Ha / Hansen, Al., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-39968-41935
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a stylized 'eye.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The Books Lost to the Fire in the Library of Alexandria Revealed Gate, 2001

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-37358-39211
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2001