Code poetry explained

Code poetry is literature that intermixes notions of classical poetry and source code. Unlike digital poetry, which prominently uses physical computers, code poems may or may not run through executable binaries. A code poem may be interactive or static, digital or analog. Code poems can be performed by computers or humans through spoken word and written text.

Examples of code poetry include: poems written in a programming language, but human readable as poetry; computer code expressed poetically, that is, playful with sound, terseness, or beauty.

A variety of events and websites allow the general public to present or publish code poetry, including Stanford University's Code Poetry Slam,^[1] the PerlMonks Perl Poetry Page,^[2] and the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.^[3]

See also

• Black Perl - A poem in perl
• PerlMonks – New poems are regularly submitted to the community
• Recreational obfuscation - Writing code in an obfuscated way as a creative brain teaser
• School for Poetic Computation

Bibliography

• Daniel Holden and Chris Kerr, ./code —-poetry, Broken Sleep Books (2023).
• Francesco Aprile, Code Poems: 2010-2019, Post-Asemic Press (2020).
• Charles Hartman, Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry (Wesleyan Poetry), Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1996).
• Ishac Bertran, code , Barcelona: Impremta Badia (2012).

External links

• Daniel Holden & Chris Kerr's multi-lingual code poetry collection
• Francesco Aprile, Computer poems. Dall’archeologia al source code poetry, in Utsanga.it, #09, september 2016
• News Report: First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer code
• Wired Magazine: Code Isn’t Just Functional, It’s Poetic
• GitHub: Leslie Wu's Stanford code poetry slam winning entry
• Francesco Aprile code poetry source since 2010
• Ishac Bertran's code poetry collection from 2012
• ChucKu: 3 lines of code

Notes and References

1. Web site: Algorithms meet art at Code Poetry Slam held at Stanford. Davenport. Matt. 2016-06-09. Stanford School of Engineering. en. 2020-05-21.
2. Book: Funkhouser, C. T. . New Directions in Digital Poetry . A&C Black . 2012 . 978-1-4411-1591-1 . 255 . en . Christopher Funkhouser.
3. Web site: Obfuscated Code Contest Returns. Jackson. Joab. 2011-11-16. PCWorld. en. 2020-05-21.