Talk:Concrete poetry

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Contents 1 Terminology 2 Geographic Bias 3 Bob Grumman 4 Capitalization of E. E. Cummings 5 Deletion 6 What about Futurism? 7 Merging article

[edit] Terminology

Is there a word (an ism of some sort) that expresses the role that the arrangement of words on a page plays in the meaning of the written sentence or phrase? I am sure one exists, but I cannot remember what it is. It might be releveant to mention it here, if anyone can tell me what the hell it is. Really I am just hoping you can sate my own curiosity!

Indy4ever (talk) 20:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geographic Bias

This article seems to over-emphasize Brazil's role in the development of the concrete poetry movement. As I understand it, European statements and manifestos on the topic predated those of the Brazilian Noigandres by a couple of years. If I have occasion to do some more thorough research, I'll try to fill in a bit of the history. But I welcome anyone to beat me to the punch.

--Edward P Carney Jr (talk) 20:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Grumman

The Internet expert on Visual Poetry is Bob Grumman (blog here: http://www.geocities.com/Comprepoetica/Blog/Bloghome.html).

He ought to be aware of this page and woefully underdeveloped it is.

I am no expert so will not contribute. But, kudos to the work so far. --65.7.138.84 02:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)The Prowler

[edit] Capitalization of E. E. Cummings

The lowercase "e. e. cummings" was primarily an invention of editors--as the Wikipedia article on him notes. Myc2001 22:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Have deleted 'We are learning poetry in English class!!!!' from very beginning of article. JAL Williams

[edit] What about Futurism?

Have to include a brief mention of the Futurists. Can't talk about concrete poetry without them.

[edit] Merging article

Concrete Poetry has a venerable tradition in artistic terms and was an influential part of several key 20th century artistic tendencies (eg Fluxus, Conceptualism.) Additionally, Stephane Mallarme, the so-called 'father' of Concrete Poetry, has been an influence on artists such as Picasso, John Cage, George Brecht, La Monte Young, Marcel Broodthaers, Robert Morris, Vito Acconci, etc etc. I suggest the article is not merged, it merits its own entry, with clear links to other related categories. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeneka (talk • contribs) 23:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)