first edition
1971 · N.p. [Cleveland]
by [CLEVELAND SCENE] FRANKE, Christopher
N.p. [Cleveland]: by the Author, 1971. No statement of printing. Broadside, 28" x 20-1/2" (71cm x 52cm). Printed in red on cream card-stock; text in six columns beneath title. Three small kraft-paper tape adhesions at upper margin; faint staining at lower margin, pencil annotation at end of text in an unknown hand; Very Good.
A large broadside, printing the text of fifteen poems by the Cleveland experimental poet. Franke (b.1941) was a lesser-known but central figure in the Cleveland poetry scene of the Sixties and Seventies; in his work, he has played with a variety of poetic forms, incorporating concrete poetry, free verse, sound poetry and performance. This broadside precedes the publication of Franke's first book ("Title", CSU Press 1975) by four years. (Inventory #: 82662)
A large broadside, printing the text of fifteen poems by the Cleveland experimental poet. Franke (b.1941) was a lesser-known but central figure in the Cleveland poetry scene of the Sixties and Seventies; in his work, he has played with a variety of poetic forms, incorporating concrete poetry, free verse, sound poetry and performance. This broadside precedes the publication of Franke's first book ("Title", CSU Press 1975) by four years. (Inventory #: 82662)
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