Houédard's 1965 work 'Frog Pond Plop' references a famous haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) about the sound of a frog jumping into a pond.
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- Dichtung in 3D. Fünf Gründe für einen Besuch (blog.dnb.de)
- https://after8books.com/frog-pond-plop.html (after8books.com)
- https://drouot.com/en/l/15367066-visualconcrete-poetry-john-fur (drouot.com)
- https://www.abundantart.net/review/review-breaking-lines-futurism-and-the-origins-of-experimental-and-concrete-poetry-in-post-war-britain-a-rare-perspective-on-the-boundaries-of-poetry-extorick-c/ (abundantart.net)
- https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/frog-old-pond-haiku-matsuo-basho (masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com)
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