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<p>"VisPo" is short for "Visual Poetry." While many people think about poetry as something that is read aloud, poems are also often just looked at on the page. For this reason, some poets have become interested in looking at poetry as part of visible, instead of audible, culture. Sometimes the worlds of typography and vispo collide, and it's unclear what subject you are really studying. Below are some links that will take you to some interesting examples of VisPo on the internet. We'll look at some others in class as well.</p> |
<p>"VisPo" is short for "Visual Poetry." While many people think about poetry as something that is read aloud, poems are also often just looked at on the page. For this reason, some poets have become interested in looking at poetry as part of visible, instead of audible, culture. Sometimes the worlds of typography and vispo collide, and it's unclear what subject you are really studying. Below are some links that will take you to some interesting examples of VisPo on the internet. We'll look at some others in class as well.</p> |
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<p>[http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/eecummings/11936 l(a] by ee cummings</p> |
* <p>[http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/eecummings/11936 l(a] by ee cummings</p> |
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<p>[http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/poems/hollander1.html "Swan and Shadow"] by John Hollander, and an [http://www.anagrammy.com/literary/rg/poems-rg18.html anagrammatic version] by Richard Grantham</p> |
* <p>[http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/poems/hollander1.html "Swan and Shadow"] by John Hollander, and an [http://www.anagrammy.com/literary/rg/poems-rg18.html anagrammatic version] by Richard Grantham</p> |
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<p>[http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Alphabet-Origins-Marc-Alain-Ouaknin/dp/0789205211 <i>Mysteries of the Alphabet</i>], by Mark Alain-Ouaknin</p> |
* <p>[http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Alphabet-Origins-Marc-Alain-Ouaknin/dp/0789205211 <i>Mysteries of the Alphabet</i>], by Mark Alain-Ouaknin</p> |
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<p>[http://www.ubu.com/historical/app/index.html Calligrammes] by Guillaume Apollinaire</p> |
* <p>[http://www.ubu.com/historical/app/index.html Calligrammes] by Guillaume Apollinaire</p> |
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<p>[http://www.ubu.com/historical/gomringer/index.html "Constellations"] by Eugen Gomringer</p> |
* <p>[http://www.ubu.com/historical/gomringer/index.html "Constellations"] by Eugen Gomringer</p> |
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<p>[http://www.poemsthatgo.com Poems that Go]</p> |
* <p>[http://www.poemsthatgo.com Poems that Go]</p> |
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<p>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrTzPAUqic Primiti Too Ta], an excerpt from Ursonate by Kurt Schwitters. This is a great visualization of Schwitters' experimental [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_poetry sound poetry].</p> |
* <p>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrTzPAUqic Primiti Too Ta], an excerpt from Ursonate by Kurt Schwitters. This is a great visualization of Schwitters' experimental [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_poetry sound poetry].</p> |
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* <p>[http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/hello/186/968/1024/Sorrows-of-Young-Werther-Goth-Phase.jpg "The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goth Phase)" by Donato Mancini.</p> |
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<p>Donato Mancini's [http://www.beyondrobson.com/20080423-city-poets.jpg ligatures] from <i>Aethel</i>. |
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Revision as of 16:06, 7 October 2008
"VisPo" is short for "Visual Poetry." While many people think about poetry as something that is read aloud, poems are also often just looked at on the page. For this reason, some poets have become interested in looking at poetry as part of visible, instead of audible, culture. Sometimes the worlds of typography and vispo collide, and it's unclear what subject you are really studying. Below are some links that will take you to some interesting examples of VisPo on the internet. We'll look at some others in class as well.
l(a by ee cummings
"Swan and Shadow" by John Hollander, and an anagrammatic version by Richard Grantham
Mysteries of the Alphabet, by Mark Alain-Ouaknin
Calligrammes by Guillaume Apollinaire
"Constellations" by Eugen Gomringer
Primiti Too Ta, an excerpt from Ursonate by Kurt Schwitters. This is a great visualization of Schwitters' experimental sound poetry.
[http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/hello/186/968/1024/Sorrows-of-Young-Werther-Goth-Phase.jpg "The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goth Phase)" by Donato Mancini.
