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Letters between Skellings and Fred Chappell, William Stafford, Richard Eberhart, Harold Witt, Howard Moss, and John F. Nims.

Title

Letters between Skellings and Fred Chappell, William Stafford, Richard Eberhart, Harold Witt, Howard Moss, and John F. Nims.

Type

text

Subject

Poetry| Color computer graphics

Creator

Skellings, Edmund | Chappell, Fred, Stafford, William | Eberhard, Richard | Witt, Harold | Moss, Howard | Nims, John F.

Date

1978

Format

pdf

Item

https://chell.lib.fit.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/files/Skellings/Correspondence/COR-7800-01.pdf

Description

1. Letter about color poems dictated by Edmund Skellings to be sent as individual copies to prominent poets requesting each of them to send a poem for him to color highlight on a computer. 2. Sample included of a color photograph showing a verse of E.A. Robinson's For A Dead Lady which Skellings colored to point out the rhyme scheme, alliteration, etc. 3. Responses by poets to his request. ( Some poems are included. 4. Explanation of printing of his poem "Monarch" in an additional letter by Skellings to the poets. Skellings used his color text system to create the highlighted poems.

Citation

Skellings, Edmund | Chappell, Fred, Stafford, William | Eberhard, Richard | Witt, Harold | Moss, Howard | Nims, John F., “Letters between Skellings and Fred Chappell, William Stafford, Richard Eberhart, Harold Witt, Howard Moss, and John F. Nims.,” John H. Evans Library Digital Collections, accessed May 3, 2024, https://digcollections.lib.fit.edu/items/show/4826.