Title
Love for poem spring a butterfly
Subject
Description
Blue cellophane wrapped multiple times around deconstructed blue chiffon threads, eggshell, a feather, and a packet wrapped in wax paper taped to end of cellophane. Wax paper contains white and blue tissue, shredded chiffon ribbon, tissue wrapped around gold metallic thick paper taped shut with rose petal, blue french-door folded paper bearing “a packet poem” written on tail edge wrapped in a stretched copper coil and metallic blue sewn embellishment. Japanese tissue paper containing leaves as part of paper, blue tissue wrapped in delicate chiffon wrapped around orange tissue tied with loose knots of blue chiffon threads. Japanese tissue paper wrapped around card tied with metallic blue thread bearing “for Karl with love Amelia” folded around blue chiffon and blue cellophane and thread around pressed dandelion and poem tied to center of work.
Creator
Source
Date
Rights
Copyright the Estate of Amelia Etlinger and used with permission. For more information contact the Poetry Collection at lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu.
Format
Language
Identifier
PCMS-0060_29_81
Date Created
Access Rights
Collection open for research.
Is Part Of
Extent
Provenance
Sent to Curator of the Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, Karl Gay.
Rights Holder
Physical Dimensions
6 x 10 x 0.5 inches
Collection
Tags
Citation
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987, “Love for poem spring a butterfly,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 25, 2022, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/52306.