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Minimalist poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Poems Two, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-32635-34220
Scope and Contents

The title actually is a misnomer; the book consists of several poems, mostly autobiographical in content. There is minimal usage of adventurous typography in the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Polluted Lake Series, No. 3: OH4286AW, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04302-4382
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The title refers to a license plate of an automobile which has been printed on each of three pages four times in different typefaces. The last page depicts three hand formed letter "o's." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 4: Mist, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04301-4381
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. One to three words are printed on each page. viz., "mist hung city," in varied combinations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Polluted Lake Series, No. 5: Conflict in Sonata Form, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04300-4380
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The theme of this poem is the eating of melons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Prairie Poems, 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-38619-40528
Scope and Contents

Each orange card reproduces the orginal typed poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

pulate a rupture, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51998-73100
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. Each page depicts three elements, e.g., a written word in Bennett's unique style at the top, a brief sentence by McMurtagh in the middle, and an electocardiographic tracing consistent with an acute myocardial infarction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Quack Cures Pond / Furnival, John., 1998

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-30257-31661
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of a print from the portfolio, "Evelines, Headlines," done in collaboration with Furnival's first group of students and Ian Hamilton Finlay. According to Furnival, the portfolio sprang from a drawing that his daughter did of The Flying Scotsman - literally a Scotsman in a kilt with angel's wings. With respect to this poem, it might be a take-off on Basho's famous poem, Frog Pond Plop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Rua De Llibres, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-21066-21475
Scope and Contents

Accompanied by an etching by Tapies executed especially for this limited edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Runes, 1981

 Item — Box 184: [Barcode: 31858072459542]
Identifier: CC-37276-39122
Scope and Contents

The poems and etchings on papier du Nepal were executed by Anik Vinay; the slipcase was made by Emile-Bernard Souchiere. This copy is numbered 93 and the edition size is opened to orders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Table of Contents, 1995

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-28931-30261
Scope and Contents

The loose sheets contain the poet's biography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995