What is Visual poetry?
'''Visual poetry''' is [[poetry]] in which the typographical arrangement of words and images is important in conveying the intended effect. It was influenced by [[Fluxus]], the international artistic movement of the 1960s, well known for blending different disciplines and artistic media. [[File:Elegia per Dylan Thomas.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Visual Poetry]] == References == *Willard Bohn: ''The Aesthetics of Visual Poetry, 1914-1928.'' University Of Chicago Press, 1993. {{ISBN|978-0226063256}} *Dick Higgins: ''Synesthesia and Intersenses: Intermedia.'' 1965, Originally published in Something Else Newsletter 1, No. 1 (Something Else Press, 1966). *Litsa Spathi: ''Rail Track.'' 2008, Originally published by Fluxus Heidelberg Center, 2008 *Crag Hill and Nico Vassilakis (editors): ''The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008. '' Fantagraphics, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1606996263}} ==Other websites== *[http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/VisualPoetry.pdf Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection at The Ohio State University Libraries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907121048/http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/VisualPoetry.pdf |date=2008-09-07 }} *[http://www.e-motive.org.uk e-motive: Visual Poetry in the Digital Age] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112135528/http://www.e-motive.org.uk/ |date=2016-01-12 }} *[http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/dencker/denckere.htm From Concrete to Visual Poetry by Klaus Peter Dencker] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy5v0Qq26tE Example of Visual poetry found on Youtube.com today] {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Poetry]] [[Category:Art]]