Songs of the Earth

Ronald Johnson

Songs of the Earth

Grabhorn-Hoyem,

1970

In the book’s introduction, Johnson describes this series of concrete poems as “twelve squarings of the circle,” and as “listenings, as poems must listen and sing simultaneously. They are a progression of hearings of Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ on records, in concert, and in my head.” Printed letterpress by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem in San Francisco.

From the Collection of Steve Clay at Granary Books.