Shaped poetry
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:
Senza Parole, 1990
Senza Titolo, 1989
The letraset drawing reproduced on page 13 of this book is held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Slovovyd, 1999
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.
Spaghetti Decorated Ltd, 1974
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.
Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; Eight: Loveburn , 2004
The shape of the poem is that of a cat though the text deals with tigers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; One: Sleepburn , 2004
The shape of the poem is in the form of a cat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
TD. Eye Ha / Hansen, Al., 1971
The image depicts a stylized 'eye.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Books Lost to the Fire in the Library of Alexandria Revealed Gate, 2001
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.
The Club Ha Ha Gate, 2001
The Eiffel Tower, 1995
This is a reprint on different paper (Arches 88) of the same print from the sixties -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Light Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on sequential pages 167-171. The shape of the poem consists of five poems with abstract shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Multi-Wing Multi-Being Multi-Sing Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 43. The shape of the poem is a dragonfly viewed from above and this mentioned in the concluding phrase, "Stars shine bright on shatter light fate twitch wings finning out inner atmosphere character. Thee.The. That's go with the flow of the delicate Herakleition transparent inner stratasphere dragonfly light wings, folks." The dragonfly's body consists of rhyming nonsense words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Paean to Various New, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 8. The shape is that of the lower half of a New York man's body peeing on the sidewalk. The last word of the title together with the urinary stream documents this shape, "New Yorkers Pissing on the Sidewalk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Petit Eternal Return Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 11. The shape is a mandala that surrounds a triangle (from the words in the poem, this signifies a pubic triangle). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Sacred Mushroom / Cobbing, Bob., 1975
The Self-Portrait Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on facing pages 40-41. The shape of the poem is a caricatured face in profile on the left page with a cartoon bubble idea on the right page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Turn Your Self Inside Out if You Want to See an Alien Gate, 2001
In Daniels' book, "The Gates of Paradise," this poem is printed on page 63. The shape of the poem appears to be the face of a cartoon character or hobglobin with many eyes. The poem is about "fear." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Watts Tower Poems, 1972
This poem commemorating Simon Rodia's architectural Watts Towers in Los Angeles was reproduced from Creative Word 1 in the Random House English Series, an educational tool for the schools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
