What is E-Poetry

This insight on how poetry can be a multi-sensory experience through technology is so interesting. I believe that technology can definitely revolutionize the world of storytelling.

I really liked the "Family Tree" piece introduced in the video. The speaker says that by allowing the reader to interact with the visuals of the poem, using his/her cursor as a way to control the piece, the reader becomes "part of the performance." This line resonated with me, because I definitely think that this interactivity can transform the meanings of poems and stories as a whole.

I really enjoyed the listed pieces as they exemplify how the depth literary work can be truly enhanced by supplemental. The growth of software to complement academic literature/stories with multiple senses (sound, sight, etc.) can better convey the message and ambience that the author aims for.

Reader participation can add a much more intriguing aspect to reading and experiencing literature, and allow for the individual to appreciate the work.

I am a huge fan of written poetry. Each choice the writer makes is for a reason. Each word was picked for a reason. The structure is so complex and each line, period, stanza, space, etc. was placed there for a reason. In E-Poetry, there are so many new elements added to this already-complex task of writing a poem. After watching the video, e-poetry is just a little overwhelming to me! It seems totally awesome, but I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. I am excited to read more and work on analyzing it and writing it.

I have never thought about writing poetry through this avenue before. As Leonardo went through his presentation, introducing more and more forms of digital poetry, I was surprised. Incorporating a game into a poem is genius. So often we think of poetry as a static thing, but the digital poems he showed were moving and growing and appearing and disappearing. I feel like a whole new poetry world has been opened up to me. I am excited to learn more about this concept and hopefully how to do it myself. 

It was really fascinating to see how e-poetry can create a more dynamic experience for the reader through the added dimension of behavior. When the words shifted from their original position, they continued to change, creating new meanings and understandings. This electronic medium also has a lot more depth than I originally realized. There was a whole other world of depth beneath the poem itself in the source code. I never knew that there may be greater explanations of the material within the source code itself. I particularly liked the quote “You become part of the performance”. Since the text is no longer tied to paper, the added aspect of pliability really intrigues me as a reader.

I really enjoyed the interactiveness of all of the poems, specifically the one about doing the poem and disciplining the poem. It reminded me of our Twine projects because of the movement involved with the text. When looking around on the I Love E-Poetry site, I found a poem called "The Flat" by Andy Campbell that I really enjoyed. It was a form of generative poetry that I found really interesting.

I really like the concept of E-poetry and how much more depth it has than traditional poetry due to the incorporation of different types of media. The examples in the video, especially the example with the drifting words, caught my attention because of the new layer of meaning it added to the pre-existing poem. Not only does additional media help with reader interest, but I think that if the reader gets to engage with the poem rather than just read it, the deeper it resonates in their mind. 

I have limited exposure to not only poetry, but also digital text and e-poetry. However, this video really excited me about composing e-poetry. Adding dynamics to a poem digitally can enhance sensory experience even further than a simple written poem. The interactiveness expressed in the poems throughout the video such as Seattle Drift was amazing. I'm excited to explore the power of multimedia through poetry. 

This was a really nice introduction into the world of digital poetry and I've gotten a lot of ideas about what I would like to explore as a result of watching the video and reading the article. I especially enjoyed the family tree visual and I hope I can incorporate something similar into my poem. In addition, I found the video really inspiring because it showed someone who was interesting in programming as well as poetry and I thought it was fascinating the way he compared coding to writing poetry.

After watching this video, I am both excited and overwhelmed by the seemingly limitless possibilities of e-poetry. I've always been a fan of poetic pieces with their purposeful, descriptive word choice, use of structure, and ability to communicate a complex message in a concise way. But after exploring some examples and watching this video, I know that e-poetry has bountiful tools to offer to help make poetry more interactive, interpersonal, and honestly relevant in a time where most students groan at the thought of poetry. While I've seen animation tricks and hypertext poetry before, I've never thought to incorporate other types of multimedia and thus, I'm really looking forward to exploring this new frontier.

After watching the video and clicking around the website, I feel very enlightened to learn about the diverse styles of E-Poetry that are present. I feel like I was never really exposed to E-Poetry works in the past, so I always thought of it as merely poems shown on a digital screen. However, I now understand that it’s more than just that. It goes beyond the possibilities of a typical poem by taking advantage of many technological tools, including visual animations and the use of coding. It was really cool to see other people’s works which varied from interactive story-telling games to programmed bots. There seems to be more freedom and opportunities to be creative with the additional digital aspect to consider.

I found the video and the website to be really interesting and they helped me think more about how poetry can be interactive and engaging. As much as I enjoy poetry and all of the ways that it can be used to express thoughts, I have never really thought about it being expressed in this way. It was really cool to see all the wide variety of methods and ideas that were used to change the dynamics of the works shown. I am really interested in exploring all of the ways that poetry can be manipulated and enhanced digitally!

E-poetry is not something I would have ever thought of on my own and definitely isn't exactly the digital form of traditional poetry that I had envisioned. That being said, the e-poetry that was sampled and talked about in both the ted talk and on the website seemed very interesting. Like a lot of contemporary art, a lot of it did seem to have a sort of abstract quality which makes it, personally, a little less compelling, but I am very interested in how code could be used to develop more cohesive, concrete pieces and how, by weaving in effects, audio, animations, images, etc. the message of the literature can be affected.

I thought the examples of e-literature and e-poetry that were given in the TEDx talk were interesting. I definitely did not have examples like that in mind when I imagined what e-poetry would be like. I agree that digital literature allows for more modes of expression and incorporation for a wider variety of tools.

E-Poetry aligns with the flexible nature of poetry. I appreciate poetry because it does not subscribe to traditional forms of writing. Conventional poetry doesn't capitalize on all of the nuances of the poetic form; E-Poetry is an open space of endless possibilities. Incorporating motion into poetry is particularly compelling. Poems are often a reflection on the human experience which is fluid. This medium is capable of reflecting this dynamic. E-Poetry is redefining how poetry is received and altering the literary landscape to make it more conducive towards this modern age. 

I think that the video was really interesting. I often prefer literature and poetry in front of me all at once, so seeing the different formats and how the author/poet wants to create an experience was a little overwhelming. Nevertheless, I think that it's cool that poetry is also able to utilize technology, although I think that traditional poetry can also utilize structural and artistic devices that literature can't.

This man's e-poetry project is amazing! I'm thoroughly impressed that he worked every day for over a year combining sources to create a sort of encyclopedia for e-poems. Before watching this video, I did not know what an e-poem was or understand the wide scope of internet poetry that exists. It was fascinating to see examples, both in the TED Talk and on Iloveepoetry.org, showing how different technologies allow unique features in poems. I learned that the internet is something that forms the poem itself, rather than simply adding a cool effect here or there, which can create profoundly creative products. This video also scared me a little when it said, "Learning how to read and write on the page is no longer enough.” As someone who has spent her entire educational career learning to write on paper, it's easiest to resist change, but I understand this is an important new field that will only continue to grow over time and am excited to explore it further. 

I just realized that I watched this video back when it was assigned, but just never left a comment. I skimmed through it again and here is what I thought:

I think the best part about E-Poetry is its versatility, and consistent inconsistencies. What I mean by that is that the art and expression of E-Poetry is alway changing and developing with computers; you can go anywhere you want with it. If there is somewhere you can't go, you can just create a path using computer tools! The possibilities are way more endless than writing. Yes, you can draw when you write, but computers bring in that third dimension of visuals, sonics, and movement into one culminating piece that any artist or human can articulate how they please.