European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The coming of Spring of celebrated in William Carlo William Bird song Wai Baili far Lolly Crystal Leaf by George Thompson and Alexander Selden. Designers Lloyd Atkins and Frank Eliscu created this 18-Inch solid Crystal Tusk for Marianne Moore s philosophical poem entitled to a  poetry in Glass glad designing artists have found inspiration in poetry. The it Multi of this new form of artistic collaboration a two year Experiment described As the development of a unique working arrangement Between the literary and visual arts Are on exhibit in new York in the collection poetry in Crystal ranging from the classical to pure whimsy. Thirty one poets selected by the poetry society of America As representative of contemporary american poetry were commissioned by a Glass company to write poems of their own choosing. The manuscripts were  among the company s artists and designers their work task being to capture the theme or spirit of each poem in Crystal. The problem was not to illustrate each poem but to express Iti imagery in a single Crystal sculpture it was pointed out. It Wos a formidable Challenge in creative interpretation such pools As Conrad Alken w. H. Auden Karl Shapiro Theodore Roethke Richard Wilbur Marianne Moore w. D. Snodgrass Mark Van Doron and the late or. William Carlos Williams and Robinson Jeffers responded enthusiastically to this new idea leading the sponsor to feel the venture a indicate future ways in which the poet s vision May help us to enrich our  seventeen artists working closely with the Glass designers contributed. Atkins and Bruce Moore Law the imagery of Karl Shapiro s Tornado warning in the horror movie of the  Thompson and Don Weir visualized the victorians of Theodore Roethke s poem As oblivious of Fate about to engulf them of never aware o never monday May 13, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 11