The ook ol Hours

ond Cons|ello|ions
The ook ol Hours ond
Cons|ello|ions
T8
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New York Villelronchesurmer Fronklur|omNoin
Poems ol Eugen GCNkINGEk
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orine, newspoper or rodio or |elevision broodcos|. The Germon ond o|her longuoge
originols oppeored in \a]cgfkl]ddYlagf]f (Fruoenleld, 5wi|rerlond, T3) ond \Ykklm\]f%
Zm[` (Nunich, Germony, T5) ond ore reproduced wi|h |he permission ol |he ou|hor.
Nonuloc|ured in |he Uni|ed 5|o|es ol Americo
I.C. Co|olog Cord No: ~83T588
GCNkINGEk'5 PkEFACE
("lrom verse |o cons|ello|ion: oim & lorm ol o new poe|ry)
rien n'ouro en lieu
except
peutetre
une constellotion (mollorm)
our longuoges |odoy ore in o process ol lormol simplihco|ion. o reduced number
ol minimol lorms ore developing. |he con|en| ol o sen|ence is ol|en corried
by o single word, while longer s|o|emen|s moy be broken down |o groups ol
le||ers. ins|eod ol mony longuoges we ore leorning |o work wi|h o hondlul
|ho| ore more or less universol. does |his reduc|ion & simplihco|ion ol longuoge
& wri|ing signol |he end ol poe|ry cer|oinly no|. reduc|ion in |he bes| sense~os
simplici|y & compression~hos olwoys been o lorce in poe|ry. i| lollows lrom |his
|ho| longuoge & poe|ry |odoy hove enough in common |o begin |o leed eoch
o|her bo|h in lorm & subs|once. some such relo|ionship (s|ill lorgely unrecognired)
is opporen| oll oround us. heodlines, odver|isemen|s & o|her groupings ol
sounds & le||ers |ho| could serve os po||erns lor o new poe|ry, ore only woi|ing
|o be discovered & meoninglully opplied. oim ol |his new poe|ry is ogoin |o give
|he poem on orgonire lunc|ion in socie|y, & by so doing |o redehne |he posi|ion
ol|hepoe|, given |he lormol simplihco|ion ol longuoge (including i|s wri||en
or prin|ed lorm), i|s only possible |o speok ol |ho| orgonic lunc|ion in |erms ol
where our longuoges reolly ore. |hus |he new poem will be simple & perceivoble
bo|h os o whole & in i|s por|s. i| will be some|hing |o be seen & used bu| olso
kCTHENEkG'5 PkEFACE
(From o le||er |o Eugen Gomringer |h November TZ)
.As o poe| (bu| no| o "concre|epoe|) por| ol |he in|eres| ol concre|e poe|ry lor me is |he
cleor ligh| i| |hrows on |he no|ure ol oll poe|ry. You speok ol cons|ello|ions, Finloy speoks
ol corners, I speok elsewhere ol combino|ions~bu| olwoys i|s o ques|ion ol moking |he
words cohere in o given spoce, |he poems lorce or s|reng|h relo|ed |o |he weigh| & volue
ol |he words wi|hin i|, |he woy |hey pull & oc| on eoch o|her. The poe|ry shows |his beou|ilully,
|he problem ol |ronslo|ion is relo|ed |o i| olso & |hrows i|s own cleor ligh| on how & why
we |ronslo|e.
5o Im |rying |o ge| o vorie|y ol work in|o |he book, & |his involves |he lollowing opprooches
|o |ronslo|ion. (T) Poems |ho| presen| |he "normol problems ol |ronslo|ion, & which I
hondle os I would ony poem, lor eomple, "you green or "hong & swinging hong.
some|hing |o be |hough| ol: ob[ec| ol |hough| in o ploy ol ideos. i| will work
|hrough brevi|y & compression. i| will be memoroble & (os imoge) eosy|oremeber.
i| will serve mon |hrough i|s ob[ec|ive ploy elemen|s, os |he poe| will serve him
|hrough his speciol knock lor [us| |his kind ol ploy & longuoge, |he inven|or ol
|heir lu|ure lormulo|ions. hnolly |he new poem (os model ol verbol ploy in
oc|ion) moy i|sell ellec| our ordinory longuoge.
ol oll poe|ic s|ruc|ures bosed upon |he word, |he cons|ello|ion is |he simples|. I|
disposes i|s groups ol words os il |hey were clus|ers ol s|ors.
|he cons|ello|ion is o sys|em, i| is olso o ployground wi|h dehni|e boundories.
|he poe| se|s i| oll up. he designs |he ployground os o heldollorce & sugges|s
i|s possible workings. |he reoder, |he new reoder, occep|s i| in |he spiri| ol ploy,
|hen ploys wi|h i|.
wi|h eoch cons|ello|ion some|hing new comes in|o |he world. eoch cons|ello|ion
is o reoli|y in i|sell & no| o poem obou| some o|her |hing.
|he cons|ello|ion is o chollenge, i| is olso on invi|o|ion.
homoge to gomringer

g o g o g o g o g o
o g o g o g o g o g
g o n o n o n o n o
o m g m g m g m g g
g r r r r r r r r o
o i i i i i i i i g
g n n n n n n n n o
o g g g g g g g g g
g e e e e e e e e o
o r r r r r r r r g

(. r.)
(2) Poems wi|h o limi|ed number ol word lorms in o hed relo|ionship & wi|h enough
|ronslo|oble meonings |o ollow |he possibili|y ol mul|iple |ronslo|ions in|o English, lor
eomple, "gleichmssig gleich gleichmssig ungleich ungleichmssig, which I con do
(keeping |he close relo|ionship & od[us|men| ol preh or sulh) os "olike like olike unlike
unolike or (dis|oring sligh|ly bu| here |he sulh is cleorer) os "s|roigh|lorword s|roigh|,
e|c., & presen| |wo or more such versions os |he |ronslo|ion. (3) Tronslo|ions involving
minimol choices (lor eomple, |he 24 nouns ol stunoenbuch ["|he book ol hours] & |he
decision |o moke dein "your or |hy) ol|er which |he poem, however long, is more or less
sellgenero|ing & |ronslo|ors in|erlerence should be olmos| no|hing. (4) C|her poems in
which vocobulory is very res|ric|ed & precise English |ronslo|ions con| possibly mee| oll |he
lormol requiremen|s, |here I some|imes keep |he lorm in|oc| & bring in on unrelo|ed
vocobulory series~|hus, in "bl|e blo|| rweig, I |ronslo|e os "moon mis| roin or "shodow
showers clouds ro|her |hon dis|or|ing |he simple vocobulory in|o "lrond lrui| bough~
|hough Ill probobly reserve |ho| los| lor o kind ol loo|no|e. (5) Poems where |he preceding
would be poin|less or impossible & |ho| only need o gloss lor |he reoder wi|h no Germon
vocobulory o| oll, lor eomple "hsch schil "hsh ship. () Poems where |he English &
Germon reodings ore iden|icol, lor eomple, "ping pong or "lo ren le ren el cid, which
isn| Germon onywoy. (Z) Poems previously |ronslo|ed by Gomringer in English. ()
Ins|onces ol |he lo||er where (why no|) I |ronslo|e English in|o Germon. All ol which mokes
|he book, os "|ronslo|ion, o very in|eres|ing & curious documen|. For me cer|oinly.
2Z CCN5TEIIATICN5
schweigen schweigen schweigen
schweigen schweigen schweigen
schweigen schweigen
schweigen schweigen schweigen
schweigen schweigen schweigen
schweigen schweigen schweigen
silence silence silence
silence silence silence
silence silence
silence silence silence
silence silence silence
dos schworre geheimnis
is| hier
hier is|
dos schworre geheimnis
le mis|re noir
es| ici
ici es|
le mis|re nior
el mis|erio negro
es| ocq
oqu es|
el mis|erio negro
|he block mys|ery
is here
here is
|he block mys|ery
fog fog fog fog
fog all fog fog
fog fog oer fog
fog fog fog fog
ping pong
ping pong ping
pong ping pong
ping pong
blte blte blte
zweig blatt blte
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blatt blte zweig
zweig blatt blte
mi s| mi s| mi s|
roi n moon mi s|
mi s| roi n moon
moon mi s| roi n
roi n moon mi s|
shodow shodow shodow
cl ouds shower shodow
shodow cl ouds shower
shower shodow cl ouds
cl ouds shower shodow
literol key
blute blossom
blott leo
zweig bronch
olternote poeticizeo tronslotion
(lrui|)
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s c h s c h s c h s c h s c h s c h
h c s i f h c s i f h c s i f h c s i f h c s i f h c s i f
h c s h c s h c s h c s h c s h c s
s c h i f s c h i f s c h i f s c h i f s c h i f s c h i f
sch = sh
schif(f) = boat
Io zen
Ie zen
eI cid
|o lock onesell in ond
|o lence onesell oll
|o cons|ruc| o cen|er ond
|o grow in i|
|o spi| |he cen|er up ond
|o grow in |he segmen|s
|o s|oy in ones segmen| ond
|o become |ronsporen|
|o lock onesell in ond
|o lence onesell oll
white and small
grows
a little
but becomes black
so
stops
suddenly
small and yellow
unfinished
disappears
where slowly
spreading
large and green
but shining through
achieves
its figure
remains
in mind
losing ground
*
comes olong ond
looks oround
colls oside ond
s|roigh|ens ou|
pulls |oge|her ond
oversees
goes owoy ond
leoves behind
words ore shodows
shodows become words
words ore gomes
gomes become words
ore shodows words
do words become gomes
ore gomes words
do words become shodows
ore words shodows
do gomes become words
ore words gomes
do shodows become words
hong ond swinging hong ond swinging
hond ond grow ond swinging hong
ond grow downwords ond swinging hong ond
grow downwords ond |ouch |he ground ond
swinging hong ond grow downwords ond
|ouch |he ground ond |hen oll ond seorch
ond swinging hong ond grow downwords
ond |ouch |he ground ond |hen oll ond
seorch ond no| lind o ploce ond swinging
hong ond grow downwords ond |ouch
|he ground ond |hen oll ond seorch ond no|
lind o ploce ond grow ond swinging
hong ond grow downwords ond |ouch
|he ground ond |hen oll on seorch ond no|
lind o ploce ond grow upwords ond swinging
hong ond grow downwords ond |ouch
|he ground ond |hen oll ond seorch ond no|
lind o ploce ond grow upwords ond lorce
o new grow|h ond swinging hong ond
grow downwords ond |ouch |he ground ond
|hen oll ond seorch ond no| lind o ploce
ond grow upwords ond lorce o new grow|h
ond hong ond swinging hong ond
grow downwords ond |ouch |he ground ond
|hen oll ond seorch ond no| lind o ploce
ond grow upwords ond lorce o new grow|h ond
swinging hong
cars and cars
cars and elevators
cars and men
elevators and elevators
elevators and men
men and cars and elevators
men and men
trains and trains
trains and men and elevators
trains and elevators
men and trains
men and men
cars and trains
cars and men and trains
men and men
men and men
auto
moto
homo
meta
soma
gana
aero
euro
nato
foto
tipo
tele
mono
homo
novo
lrom deep
|o deep
lrom neor
|o neor
lrom grey
|o grey
lrom deep
|o neor
lrom neor
|o grey
lrom grey
|o deep


lrom |wo
|o lour
lrom |hree
|o one
lrom one
|o lour


lrom deep
|o |wo
lrom lour
|o neor
lrom grey
|o one
snow is |os|eless
snow is elegon|
snow is obsolu|e
snow is eperimen|ol
snow is neuro|ic
snow is ins|ruc|ive
snow is selhsh
snow is unique
snow is prepored
snow is epensive
snow is olphobe|icol
snow is unsociol
snow is seless
snow is poli|icol
snow is provisionol
snow is predominon|
snow is reosonoble
snow is viole|
snow is dis|roc|ing
snow is looking
snow is u|opion
snow is evongelic
snow is inevi|oble
snow is cheop
snow is comprehensible
snow is delicious
snow is relo|ive
snow is norwegion
snow is mili|ory
snow is comlor|oble
snow is ligh|
snow is solu|ory
snow is hormlul
snow is cold
snow is english
snow is in|erno|ionol
snow is secre|
snow is smoll
snow is li|erory
snow is |ronslo|oble
snow is everywhere
snow is ridiculous
snow is dilhcul|
snow is modern
snow is hindering
snow is senseless
snow is musicol
snow is gorgeous
snow is sedimen|ory
snow is meoningless
snow is elemen|ol
snow is lon|os|ic
snow is curved
snow is unou|horired
snow is disgus|ing
snow is ignoron|
snow is irresis|ible
snow is rore
snow is ehous|ing
snow is civil
snow is smoo|h
snow is omusing
snow is epidemic
snow is heredi|ory
snow is risky
snow is onolyroble
snow is so|isloc|ory
snow is co|holic
PAGE kIPPED CUT snow is ollensive
snow is bru|e
snow is scien|ihc
snow is irregulor
snow is indelensible
snow is independen|
snow is onnoying
snow is sod
snow is enormous
snow is pole
snow is boreloo|ed
snow is corrup|
snow is cordiol
snow is converse
snow is libidinous
snow is permi||ed
snow is sublime
snow is |owdry
snow is imoginoble
snow is obs|inen|
snow is eoc|
snow is e|ymologicol
snow is lrogmen|ory
snow is honouroble
snow is immor|ol
snow is oncien|
snow is illus|ro|ive
snow is oris|o|elion
snow is ou|side
snow is obs|roc|
snow is divine
snow is whi|e
snow is con|rodic|ory
PAGE kIPPED CUT you shimmer
you me|ol
you swo|h
you coun|ry
you leol
you ligh|
you reHec|ion
you eye
you mou|h
you eor
you hoir
you nose
you neck
you shoulder
you orm
you hond
you hnger
you breos|
you spine
you belly
you novel
you se
you |high
you leg
you knee
you coll
you loo|
you orch
you |oe
you body
you skin
mon
womon
womon
seo
seo
sun
sun
moon
moon
lond
lond
mon
monn
lrou
lrou
see
see
sonne
sonne
mond
mond
lond
lond
monn
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mov mov mov
mov
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mov lee
mov mov mov
luv mov mow
lee
mov mov mow
mov mov
mov
mews
mews mews
mews mews mews
mews
mews lull
mews lee
mews mews mews
lull mews muse
lee
mews mews muse
mews mews
mews
americans and apricots
american apricots
apricot americans
apricots and americans
mist
mountain
butterfy
mountain
butterfy
missed
butterfy
meets
mountain
spring daisy
daisy spring
spring fy
fy spring
daisy fy
fy daisy
THE CCK CF HCUk5
your mind
my mind
your word
my word
your ques|ion
my ques|ion
your onswer
my onswer
your song
my song
your poem
my poem
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T~4
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|own |ho| i heord o| nigh|
woods in which i slep|
coun|ry |ho| i Hew ocross
ci|y where i lived
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sound |ho| i liked
(Pos|Foce)
book |ho| i wos reoding
s|one |ho| i lound
mon whom i unders|ood
child whom i |ough|
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onimol |ho| i leored
longuoge |ho| i spoke in
scrip| in which i wro|e
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Eugen Gomringer
orn 1onuory 20, T25 in Cochuelo Esperonro (olivio)
Educo|ed in 5wi|rerlond, or| s|udies in erne & kome.
Colled by Emme|| Willioms "|he ocknowledged lo|her ol Concre|e Poe|ry.
T52 Founded 5pirole mogorine, erne
T53 Firs| book ol poems: Konstellotionen, 5pirol Press, erne.
T54 5ecre|ory |o No ill o| |he Hochschule lr Ges|ol|ung in Ulm, Ger
T58 mony
T58 Edi|or ol Mox ill, o volume ol |ribu|es |o |he or|is|, Verlog Niggli,
Teulen.
T0 33 Konstellotionen, Tschudy Verlog, 5|. Gollen.
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leld, 5wi|rerlond
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T5 oos stunoenbuch, No Huber Verlog, Nunich, T5.
T Monieste uno Dorstellungen oer Konkreten Poesie, Gollerie Press,
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Jerome kothenberg
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T8 Conversotions, lock 5porrow Press, Ios Angeles.
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