Valentine Download

(a poem written in computer code)

vvv.iwantyoutosmile.now

right click in your head

open each file

convert .tht (thought extensions) to .emt (heart/emotion extensions)

coldbaretrees.are

blowingsmell/winterair.you

hear/thelastofwinterhowl.you

canfeel/springcomingsoon.you

know/whatimean.you

know/whatyoufelt.was

apoem.now

unzip the idea

save target as

🙂 (emoji smile inserted here)

New Poetry Forms

I wrote that poem years ago when I was just beginning to learn about html and the various changes of language in digital culture. It was not actually written in html but the language embedded various suggestions relating to computer language. For example, vvv was used instead of the url WWW to suggest alliteration and the word “valentine”. The various “dot extensions” eluded to the many formats of information and how our thinking is being changed by computer languages.

Using a Free Online HTML Code Generator, I played around with using html with this poem.

It is fascinating to think about the various computer languages that are impacting the way we communicate. Code Poetry is added to my ongoing list of amazing poetic forms. Try playing around with language as it is changing. The poet e. e. cummings broke the rules of grammar in interesting ways and we can, too.