# Code poetry

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{{Short description|Literature that intermixes notions of classical poetry and computer code}}

'''Code poetry''' is [literature](/source/literature) that intermixes notions of classical [poetry](/source/poetry) and [source code](/source/source_code). Unlike [digital poetry](/source/digital_poetry), which prominently uses physical [computers](/source/computers), code poems may or may not run through [executable binaries](/source/executable). 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](/source/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](/source/Stanford_University)'s Code [Poetry Slam](/source/Poetry_Slam),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Algorithms meet art at Code Poetry Slam held at Stanford|url=https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/algorithms-meet-art-code-poetry-slam-held-stanford|last=Davenport|first=Matt|date=2016-06-09|website=Stanford School of Engineering|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref> the PerlMonks Perl Poetry Page,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Funkhouser |first=C. T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ftGAQAAQBAJ |title=New Directions in Digital Poetry |publisher=A&C Black |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4411-1591-1 |pages=255 |language=en |author-link=Christopher Funkhouser}}</ref> and the [International Obfuscated C Code Contest](/source/International_Obfuscated_C_Code_Contest).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obfuscated Code Contest Returns|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/243995/obfuscated_code_contest_returns.html|last=Jackson|first=Joab|date=2011-11-16|website=PCWorld|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [Codework](/source/Codework)
* [Black Perl](/source/Black_Perl) – a poem in perl
* [Recreational obfuscation](/source/Recreational_obfuscation) – writing code in an obfuscated way as a creative brain teaser
* [School for Poetic Computation](/source/School_for_Poetic_Computation)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Daniel Holden and Chris Kerr, ''./code --poetry'', Broken Sleep Books (2023). {{ISBN|978-1-915760-03-6}}
* Francesco Aprile, ''Code Poems: 2010–2019'', Post-Asemic Press (2020). {{ISBN|978-1734866216}}
* Charles Hartman, ''Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry'' (Wesleyan Poetry), Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1996).
* Ishac Bertran, ''code {poems}'', Barcelona: Impremta Badia (2012).

==External links==
* [https://code-poetry.com/ Daniel Holden & Chris Kerr's multi-lingual code poetry collection]
* [https://www.utsanga.it/aprile-computer-poems-dallarcheologia-al-source-code-poetry/ Francesco Aprile, Computer poems. Dall’archeologia al source code poetry, in Utsanga.it, #09, september 2016]
* [https://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/december/code-poetry-slam-122013.html News Report: First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer code]
* [https://www.wired.com/magazine/2013/04/code/ Wired Magazine: Code Isn’t Just Functional, It’s Poetic]
* [https://github.com/lwu/say-23#readme GitHub: Leslie Wu's Stanford code poetry slam winning entry]
* [https://faprile.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/francesco-aprile-source-code-poetry-since-2010/ Francesco Aprile code poetry source since 2010]
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519102609/https://code-poems.com/news.html |title=Ishac Bertran's code poetry collection from 2012}}
* [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/wiki/ChucKu ChucKu: 3 lines of code]

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