New Concrete Poetry (Neo-Concrete Poetry) by Angela Caporaso (Italy)

 


Mail art visual poetry by Angela Caporaso (Caserta, Italy) (July 2025)
(Photo courtesy of Asemic Front 2 Archives)


Visual poetry and mail art go well together among friends. I want to extend my deepest thanks to Angela Caporaso in Caserta, Italy, for sending me this fabulous piece via snail mail. With the cost of postage and other challenges, a piece of genuine mail art today is a luxury and privilege. I certainly feel this way about Angela's missive. 

Angela creates a distinct blend of asemic writing, concrete poetry, and visual poetry. I reviewed her book Wars on AF2.  

https://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2024/07/asemic-front-2-review-wars-by-angela.html?spref=tw

I appreciate her concretism as well as her ability to create larger structures, which I explain in-depth in the review of Wars. Now I have another amazing vispo structure to ponder and enjoy.

- De Villo Sloan
July 8, 2025
Elbridge, New York, USA

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