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Concrete poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance. [1] It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has now developed a distinct meaning of its own. Concrete poetry relates more to the visual than to the verbal arts although ...
Visual poetry is a style of poetry that incorporates graphic and visual design elements to convey its meaning. This style combines visual art and written expression to create new ways of presenting and interpreting poetry. [1] Visual poetry focuses on playing with form, which means it often takes on various art styles.
Mary Ellen Solt. Mary Ellen Solt, née Bottom (July 8, 1920 in Gilmore City, Iowa – June 21, 2007) was an American concrete poet, essayist, translator, editor, and professor. Her work was most notably poems in the shape of flowers such as "Forsythia", "Lilac", and "Geranium". They were collected in Flowers in Concrete (1966).
Seiichi Niikuni (新国誠一, Niikuni Seiichi, December 7, 1925 – August 23, 1977) was a Japanese poet and painter. He was one of the foremost pioneers of the international avant-garde concrete poetry movement, creating works of calligraphic, visual and aural poetry. He is recognized as one of the most important poets of recent times in ...
Died. 15 January 1992. (1992-01-15) (aged 67) Nationality. British. Known for. poetry, concrete poetry, literary criticism, theology, translation, spirituality. Dom Pierre-Sylvester Houédard / ˈwɛdɑːr / WED-ar[1] (16 February 1924 – 15 January 1992), also known by the initials 'dsh', was a British Benedictine priest, theologian and noted ...
Tango With Cows: Ferro-Concrete Poems (Russian; Танго С Коровами: Железобетонные Поэмы) is an artists' book by the Russian Futurist poet Vasily Kamensky, with additional illustrations by the brothers David and Vladimir Burliuk. [ 1] Printed in Moscow in 1914 in an edition of 300, [ 1] the work has become famous ...
The poet John Hollander cited "The Red Wheelbarrow" as a good example of enjambment to slow down the reader, creating a "meditative" poem. [14] The editors of Exploring Poetry believe that the meaning of the poem and its form are intimately bound together. They state that "since the poem is composed of one sentence broken up at various ...
Mirella Bentivoglio (28 March 1922 – 23 March 2017) was an Italian sculptor, poet, performance artist and curator. [ 1][ 2] In the 1960s she joined the international concrete poetry movement. She participated in exhibitions all over the world, including the Venice Biennale (eight times from 1969 to 2001) and the Museum of Modern Art (1992).