A visual poem by dsh, from Begin Again: A Book of Reflections and Reversals (with an introduction by Stefan Themerson).

Some of the other poems in the book are printed on loose translucent papers, which are housed in pages that serve as pockets. A reader has to flip and/or rotate the poems to discover their typographical revelations. For Houédard, the tactile-kinetic experience and the transition between states, from (un)intelligible to (un)intelligible, is integral to experiencing his poetry. To compensate, I took the liberty of animating the above work.

For a little more about dsh, see: Wiki-p, UbuWeb’s writeup, some downloadables via UbuWeb, and this gallery.

(My thanks to Anatol Knotek, who made a more reblog-friendly adaptation of this post for his excellent tumblr: visual-poetry; I’m thrilled that dom Sylvester Houédard’s art is actively tumblurring its way around the Interwebz. Make sure to see Knotek’s visuelle poesie.)

A poem by Emmett Williams; see his Selected Shorter Poems (1950-1970), and see UbuWeb.
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A poem by Emmett Williams; see his Selected Shorter Poems (1950-1970), and see UbuWeb.

A street in Toronto, Canada, is named in his honour. bpNichol Lane is located in the Annex district behind Coach House Press. It features an eight-line poem by Nichol carved into the pavement: “A / LAKE / A / LANE / A / LINE / A / LONE”. (An employee at Coach House regularly waters the word “LAKE”.)
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A street in Toronto, Canada, is named in his honour. bpNichol Lane is located in the Annex district behind Coach House Press. It features an eight-line poem by Nichol carved into the pavement: “A / LAKE / A / LANE / A / LINE / A / LONE”.

(An employee at Coach House regularly waters the word “LAKE”.)

Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (1985)
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Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (1985)

bpNichol, “Aleph Unit Opened”, Aleph Unit Barrie Nichol wrote songs and books for children, drew cartoons, designed computer poems, cut records, wrote operas, wrote musicals, wrote the long poem of our time, wrote sonnets, told bad jokes, made photo-montages, wrote concrete poems, belonged to sound poetry group The Four Horsemen, wrote essays, was a teacher. — Michael Ondaatje, from the afterword to An H in the Heart
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bpNichol, “Aleph Unit Opened”, Aleph Unit

Barrie Nichol wrote songs and books for children, drew cartoons, designed computer poems, cut records, wrote operas, wrote musicals, wrote the long poem of our time, wrote sonnets, told bad jokes, made photo-montages, wrote concrete poems, belonged to sound poetry group The Four Horsemen, wrote essays, was a teacher.
— Michael Ondaatje, from the afterword to An H in the Heart