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Words from a 22nd Century Poetry Machine - by Ian Irvine
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With the communications revolution of the past 20 years we are reaching a point where poetry (and other forms of writing) can be created by 'programs' constructed by IT people, but secondarily used (to create poetry) by those who then make use of the software (the 'primary' poet?). Two tiered poems? Surely this situation makes the progammer a contributor to the poem? The post-Romantic (indeed post-Renaissance)individualist mythos of poet a expressionistic individual is clearly questioned - a feature of postmodernist poetics generally. This scenario fascinates me - and deserves a poem ...

Go to Words from a 22nd Century Poetry Machine. First published at the Bendigo Writers' Council poetry archives 2008. Copyright, Ian Irvine 2008 all rights reserved.

 


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Reviewed by Axilea MU
Reviewed on October 6, 2010
Fascinating interpretation, reassuringly ironic (for me). Inspiring in a strange way.

Axilea


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