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Typewriter poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:

Meditation Manual for Mini-Minds & Mystics, 1968

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-14033-14338
Scope and Contents

This is a minibooklet in which each page is cut in half horizontally such that the two halves can be matched to different pages to give permutations of minimalist poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Mit Schreibmaschine 1923-29, 2006

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-44660-46824
Scope and Contents

This is a pirated edition of Werkman's typings published by derek beaulieu. The paper stock has a rougher feel than the 2nd edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Mit Schreibmaschine 1923-29, 2nd Modified Edition, 2007

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-47540-68548
Scope and Contents

This is a pirated edition of Werkman's typings published by derek beaulieu. The paper stock has a smoother feel than the 1st edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

never i think sent you last year, 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56059-9999507

numeral peom for edward wright (270464), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-57868-10001120

o-i-studie [film] , 1960

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-25823-26283
Scope and Contents

According to an email communication from Achleitner, "The "o-i-studie" is a minimalized script of a film in which the sign 0 is transformed into either the number "0" (zero) or the letter "o" depending on the surrounding signs or visual materials. The 0 may even remain a neutral ornamental sign. In the course of my "o-i-Studie" it is shown how the neutral sign is transformed into the letter 0." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Paper / Silence, 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-09101-9280

plus like creation (010964), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-08742-8916

POEM - TAKISTRUCT (or BIRHOPAL TAKISTRUCT (281164) & POEM - THE A & H DE CAMPOS BROS (061264), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-55822-59680
Scope and Contents

Houedard has typed two poems a week apart on the same page. He utilized a complex mathematical procedure to arrive at this performance poetry presentation, much like the workings of Oulipo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

poeme offert a alain neame (230864), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56369-59675
Scope and Contents

This poem is typed in somewhat the style of e.e.cummings. Alain Neame was the co-liiterary editor with houedard of the Jerusalem Bible. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

POEME PAR LA MOTHE - FENELON & HOUEDARD (220964), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56371-59678
Scope and Contents

The poem is typed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

ROETHKE (300863), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-08744-8918
Scope and Contents

This poem is a homage to the death of Theodore Roethke (May25, 1908 - August 1, 1963) and was written by dsh one week after his death. Wikipedia: Roethke was an American poet who published several volumes of influential and critically acclaimed verse. He is widely regarded as among the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation. Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book, The Waking, and he won the annual National Book Award for Poetry twice, in 1959 for Words for the Wind[2] and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.In the November 1968 edition of the Atlantic Monthly, former U.S. Poet Laurete and author James Dickey wrote Roethke was: "...in my opinion the greatest poet this country has yet produced." In keeping with Houedard's poem, Roethke's poems often related to nature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963