An Adventure of Digital Poetry

When we explore e-poetry we first must define e-poetry. E-poetry is poetry that arises from an engagement with the possibilities offered by digital media.  Digital poetry is a poetic practice made possible by digital media and technologies. Digital poetry is created using technologies and meant to be read using technologies.

The Sweet Old Etcetera is an interactive piece of e-poetry using the works of e.e Cummings. E.E Cummings words are brought to life through the use of technology. The Sweet Old Etcetera gives new meaning to e.e. Cummings poetry through motions, graphics, and sound. “The Sweet Old Etcetera” is a personal response to the poet’s work, aiming to capture the poem’s playful spirit in an interactive, experiential, and highly visual way. As a reader exploring this e-literature piece the interactive text generates more feelings for the poetry as you watch the poetry fall off the tree like the actual leaves in the poem. The motion of the leaves falling gives real life to the poem

The words of The Sweet Old Etcetera form a vivid background of a picturesque landscape. The landscape paints a picture for the reader to actually see through the poem. The poem connects to reader though its pictures, sounds, and the words of e.e. Cummings.

Other works of e-poetry use moving words to actually act out the poem. They also use sounds to make the reader feel certain emotions. Using technology writers can create e-poetry the constantly changes depending on the reader and what the reader wants to actually experience from the poem.

Digital poetry allows the reader to interact and connect with the poems they are reading. When the reader interacts with the poetry they are able to get different feelings and meanings from the poem. When creating e-poetry authors try and use the sounds and motions of the words to convey their message to the reader.