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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

Tower of Pisa , 1965

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-54809-420239
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Tower of Pisa / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13331-13632
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Trasparenze Reciproche, 1995

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-26855-27325
Scope and Contents

Produced on the occasion of an exhibition at Galleria Derbylius in Milan. The collage is a cut-out celluloid angel onto which Arias-Misson has written a poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Ukrainian Concrete Poems], 1994

 Item — Box 616: [Barcode: 31858072461019]
Identifier: CC-02916-2960
Scope and Contents

Each print depicts the original poem in the Ukrainian language along with a English translation stapled to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Verbotetture: Architetture di Parole Nello Spazio della Pagina, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-35918-37682
Scope and Contents

Verbotecture is a neologism meaning a construction of words in the space of the page. This book is an anthology of previously published works of Lora-Totino dating from 1966 to 1998 They "identify with Concrete Poetry, but with the need of an accurate relation among the semiotic-graphical values and the meaning of the poem." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Warts and All: A selection of typewriter art and poetry from 1969 to 2007, 2012

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-55917-9999384
Scope and Contents

Belsey lists the maker and model of the typewriters that he used for these poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Why Shiva Has Ten Arms, 1969

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (1 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491305]
Identifier: CC-17448-17813
Scope and Contents

Designated writers forum folder number seven. This tenth publication of Cobbing includes new versions of the following poems: "Soma," "Whisper Piece," "Vertigo," "Marvo Movies Natter," and "Transcript." Colophon states "Why Shiva has ten arms / for he represents the dance of life / the omnipotence of being able to do innumerably / many things at once / .the joyous cosmology -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

World Visual Poetry, 1999

 Item — Box 616: [Barcode: 31858072461019]
Identifier: CC-34017-35693
Scope and Contents

There is a brief, very informative abstract in English at the beginning of the book. The book is divided into three chapters, viz., 1) Evolution of visual poetry to the 20th century, 2) Contemporary visual poetry of the 20th century, and 3) Evolution of Ukrainian visual poetry in a world context. A photograph of Soroka flanked by Dick Higgins and Marvin Sackner taken at the EyeRhymes visual conference at Edmonton, Canada 1997 is reproduced. Marvin Sackner is characterized as "the owner of the biggest archive of visual poetry."The book depicts more than 20 examples in the Old Ukrainian language and 49 examples in many national literatures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999