Javascript Poetry: Love Fades Away
I’ve been fascinated with the concept of code poetry ever since I saw a blog dedicated to writing poetry using python. In short, code poetry is poetry with visual movement or delayed writing by using code. This makes for a more complex art form by bridging the gap between text and performance art, much like dramas did for stories and slam poetry did decades ago.
As a tribute to code poetry, this is my first attempt at creating a Javascript poem.
Kayla
August 14, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
I had no idea what you were talking about until I pressed “play”. Very cool.
o.d.
August 14, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
That’s really neat! Sort of reminds of a documentary on poetry, by Bill Moyers I think, where they flash the words across the page in different sizes and transitions and fades while the poet recites… but this is really neat, interactive, the possibilities from here look very interesting!
Gary R. Hess
August 14, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
@Kayla and o.d. I wish I could find the perl poetry website that inspired me. Sadly, my bookmark disappeared and it is nowhere to be found in Google.
Dave King
August 16, 2008 @ 8:59 am
I had not heard of this before, and like o.d. had no idea what you were on about – until I pressed play. Not sure I fully understand what ‘ behind itm even now, but worth investigating. What’s python? I somehow think that must be the key!
Jean Chia
August 16, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
hey, this is neat! thanks for sharing!
o.d.
August 18, 2008 @ 12:23 am
@Gary I just had a random question regarding poetry. awhile back, i think it was called a “found poem” and i think the text used was paradise lost, where the poet i believe started to black out only certain words of the text… and what was left was his poem? i was just thinking about your code poem, being animated how this “found poem” could be made to animate…
Gary R. Hess
August 18, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
@o.d. that is a bit confusing. You mean, you want to know how to make it show one word at a time and the rest blacked out? If that is the case, why not just use a gif since it will most likely be in an image already?
o.d.
August 18, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
@Gary ah sorry for the confusion! i was just inspired by your code poem to go and search for that one poem by Ronald Johnson “radi os.” which i couldnt think of last night