The New Concrete Poetry: Object Poems by Geof Huth (Astoria, Queens, New York, USA) (NEW OBJECT POETRY Part 2)

 


"Stoen 254: in this act contained" by Geof Huth 
(Newport, North Carolina, USA) (September 2024) 



Recent Object Poems by Geof Huth 

 


By De Villo Sloan

 

In my previous New Concrete interview with visual poet Terri Witek, I provided a context by sharing my observations about what I believe to be the emergence of a new iteration of an age-old poetic practice: Object Poetry.

The New Object poem is likely to be three-dimensional and is often composed of randomly found, inexpensive materials. Various art, literature and music movements grounded in Neo-Concretism have had a powerful influence on recent developments in this postavant genre. Members of Fluxus exchanged Object Poems via their mail art network. Most New Object poems are shared in an environment of digital poetics.

"In the milieu of New Object Poetry, there is no mediating poetic text. Simply stated: The object IS the poem. Text might or might not be used."

In the milieu of New Object Poetry, there is no mediating poetic text. Simply stated: The object IS the poem. Text might or might not be used. Of course, numerous ingenious variants that defy my categorization have and will be created.

I also wrote Terri Witek and Geof Huth have captured my interest for several years with their innovative Object Poems. In this post, I offer what I hope you will find to be a compelling exhibit of Geof Huth’s recent Object Poems.





"Untitled" by Geof Huth (September 2024) (Newport, NC)






"Stoen 246: July 1, 18" by Geof Huth (September 2024) 
(Newport, NC)






"Stoen 253: Bank of New York Received from" 
by Geof Huth (September 2024) (Newport, NC)






"Shull 76: The symbols that sound the alarm" 
by Geof Huth (September 2024) (Newport, NC)



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De Villo Sloan is a concrete poet living in Upstate, New York. He writes frequently about postavant art & lit and is director of the Winifred & De Villo Sloan Jr. Charitable Fund.



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