If you have any interest in what is going on currently in visual
poetry rather than historical consider the following..
Anthology Spidertangle
Visual poetry from members of the Spidertangle email group
work by more than 40 vispoets currently active
http://xexoxial.org/is/anthology_spidertangle
Spidertangle also runs a very active mailing list devoted at all
things visual poetry, concrete, asemic, signalgraphic, mathemaku, word
art. The 7 years of archives are full of 100s of links to work
internationally.
Signup info can be found at http://spidertangle.net
Xerolage is a single author visual poetry magazine began in 1985 &
represents work by visual poets such as Clemente Padin, Bern Porter,
Geof Huth, Michael Basinski & Elizabeth Was. A recent issue is by
list member Lawrence Upton
SCAT SONGS (based on a text by Chris Funkhauser)
http://xexoxial.org/is/xerolage41/by/lawrence_upton
There is a very vibrant scene of visual poets that can be easily found
online. The best way to understand vispo is to jump into the network
& start making works yourself, absorbing historical examples while at
the same time making a connection to what's happening right now by
participating with your own work.
~mIEKAL
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