September 23, 2006

"Poetry by Computer," Avant Garde 4 (1968): 30-1.

Produced by an IBM 360 (pictured above) in 1968:

THE STEEL

VEINS ROUSE THE STEEL
JOY PROTRACTS THE DIRECTION

MIST UTTER THE SLATHES
RED FIRE WEAVES LOVERS

NAKED PLEASURES BEGIN
THE STEEL

ASTRONOMY

TASTE AND TOUCH BRIGHTEN SPRING SNOW
WEEDS BROUGHT THE REFUSSAL
UNBEARABLY

WEEDS LOITERED WESTERN STARS
THE EARTH CATWALKS THE EAST RIM
LESS VIVID

TO REST THE EARTH
TO HAVE FOG-BREATH
THE WESTERN LITTLE STARS FOUGHT