"All poems are language problems." From "When the Light Blinks On", an article by Eliot T. Jacobson in rec.arts.poems, message-ID <4437@>. Original author unknown.
Consider programming languages. For example, you don't need to be a propeller-head to see the beauty in this below (written in Perl by the reigning Perl Poet, Sharon Hopkins):
#!/usr/bin/perl
APPEAL:
listen (please, please);
open yourself, wide; join (you, me), connect (us,together),
tell me.
do something if distressed; @dawn, dance; @evening, sing; read (books,$poems,stories) until peaceful; study if able;
write me if-you-please;
sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone);
do*not*die (like this) if sin abounds;
keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets; do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.
"All poems are language problems."
From "When the Light Blinks On", an article by Eliot T. Jacobson in rec.arts.poems, message-ID <4437@>. Original author unknown.
Consider programming languages. For example, you don't need to be a propeller-head to see the beauty in this below (written in Perl by the reigning Perl Poet, Sharon Hopkins):
#!/usr/bin/perl
APPEAL:
listen (please, please);
open yourself, wide;
join (you, me),
connect (us,together),
tell me.
do something if distressed;
@dawn, dance;
@evening, sing;
read (books,$poems,stories) until peaceful;
study if able;
write me if-you-please;
sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone);
do*not*die (like this)
if sin abounds;
keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets;
do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.
accept (yourself, changes),
bind (grief, despair);
require truth, goodness if-you-will, each moment;
select (always), length(of-days)
# listen (a perl poem)
# Sharon Hopkins
# rev. June 19, 1995
Lifted from http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/perl/prog3/ch27_02.htm
See more examples here: CAMELS AND NEEDLES: COMPUTER POETRY MEETS THE PERL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Or just Google: poem "Sharon Hopkins"