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Onchain poetry seems as alive as it ever was, with an explosion of freshly minted poems in the past two weeks. It's good to see so many poets creating new work. Still predominantly on Tezos, as well, but also on other chains.
And it's not just poetry itself that excites. In the past two weeks, there were two collections that are poetry-related (and created by poets) that I thought were certainly worth a special mention.
First is the collection Murder by (Loco)motive, created by OddWritings. He is a true OG onchain poet, who keeps experimenting on the edge of Web3. His crafts wonderful poems and then publishes them, looking for what is the best way to utilise the blockchain landscape. Now, he is turning his poem Murder by (Loco)motive into an AI project, where he uses groups of 3 words from the poem to prompt AI art. Every piece is created by another set of 3 words from the poem. You can mint these pieces on different blockchains, for example Polygon.
This is the image generated from the twentieth set of 3 words of my poem "Murder by (Loco)motive" set against the corresponding words in my book by the same name ( [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH5N5HZK](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH5N5HZK) ). The words appear at the bottom of the image.
The second collection is by Sasha Stiles, who needs no introduction in this space. Next to her ground-breaking poetry, she also creates other art. Her most recently minted project is titled Biblio-tech, in which she re-imagines books and writing tools. The collection hold beautiful pieces, such as the Keyboard For Jaded Poets.
A generative metaphor... BIBLIO-TECH is a collection of rare books, minted matter and poetic devices, from antiquity to futurity.
In this issue, I have aimed to add previews of the poems in the list. As the embeds for Objkt don't work as hoped, I have used Rarible as source for the previews of Tezos-minted poems. Unfortunately that did not work for all the poems listed. I will keep looking for better ways.
Melancholic Odyssey
by Leon Faesulis on Tezos
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Within
by Ashwini Dodani & Sueartens on Ethereum
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Don't tell me what I can do or what I cannot for I am made of more than flowers I am a branch today, I can be a leaf tomorrow, At midnight I bloom like a flower, In the mornings I might hide in plain sight...
Reading ONE: i am the invisible poet
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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Where I read recent work for you.
they fell
by Gomp_art on Tezos
Experiment and collect here
artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist.
Φ
by Aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
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Φ (Deluxe)
by Aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
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remember this
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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Untitled
by Antecristo on Tezos
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autumn settles
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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A melancholic take on the season of autumn, which always leaves me feeling sad.
Build on Cheesecake
by ChrisCoCreated et al on Base
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Untitled
by Antecristo on Tezos
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A Few Drops
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of the birds.
Skyline
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of flight.
Stray Dog
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Poema Pictura Loquens
by Sasha Stiles on Tezos
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Generative repetition of a line from the Ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos (556-468 BCE): "Poema pictura loquens, pictura poema silens." "Poetry is a speaking picture, painting a silent poetry." "Repetition-the use of the same term several times-is one of the crucial elements in poetry...
Chipping Away
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku brought to you by the view above the Mojave.
The Cow's Strut
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of the drive to the airport.
Insomnia
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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an observational quote that came to me in the night, inspiring a glitch gif.
Predawn Rain
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of Monet.
Fault
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of geology.
Another World
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of travel.
After Divorce
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of the hard frost that never came.
Too Many Deer
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of house-hunting.
A Lot
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of Walmart.
Ut Pictura Poesis
by Sasha Stiles on Tezos
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Generative repetition of a favorite phrase from Horace's Ars Poetica: "As is painting, so is poetry." "Repetition-the use of the same term several times-is one of the crucial elements in poetry... It is one of the most marked features of all poetry, oral and written, one of the primary ways we distinguish poetry itself.
Sleeping In
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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RAW
by aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
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No Step
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of your wings.
Cocreated dance of consistency
by Arjan Tupan on Zora
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In the week of 2-8 October 2023, we saw wonderful conversations about consistency, the meaning of showing up and the emergence of the term Conversational Liquidity Providers. And a cast about art and how Piet Mondriaan danced the boogie woogie until the age of 70, but without music.
Behind the Ordinary
by Emanuel Souza on Ethereum
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There is an infinity behind the ordinary And poetry is able to reveal it
Permissionless FC
by Arjan Tupan on Zora
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A speical edition to celebrate Farcaster going permissionless. As Farcaster becomes permissionless, will a wave of new users come and join us? The Farcaster Scenius has built a strong culture, and we warmly welcome new users into it. The poem: Now floodgates / are open, a wave of / new users will come.
School Days
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of the kids.
Another Day
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of 575.
Sobre Transparência, Governos e Blockchains
by Emanuel Souza on Tezos
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Dos muitos aspectos que compõem estas tecnologias, neste artigo pretendemos destacar um, a transparência. De maneira sucinta pretendemos problematizar a falta de transparência das instituições políticas tradicionais usando exemplos da política brasileira atual. Com este panorama em mãos, pretendemos fazer um contraponto com a transparência presente na arquitetura tecnológica da blockchain.
huggin' You
by Marta Gazzola on Tezos
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a poem to seek and find our fundamental connection: life! the background image is done with AI and is meant, through a text-prompt, to introduce, to accompany, and to let the poem go with the reader in our daily world.
the shiver
by Gomp_art on Tezos
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artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2022 /2023 & 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist.
Even the Hinges
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of hope.
Seer Travelogues
by Antecristo on Tezos
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Windswept
by The Art of Haiku on Tezos
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Haiku Art - Windswept at my door a pile of leaves . . . and a windswept pup
Summer's End
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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Daily haiku courtesy of the rake.
sensual erasure
by aether on Tezos
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morality
by Gomp_art on Tezos
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dreamlike erasure
by aether on Tezos
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