TY - ART
TI - It All Comes Down To
AU - Robert Kendall
AB - <p>In the MS-DOS poem <em>It All Comes Down To</em>, Kendall explores "textual experimentation in a manner similar to Bootz, Dutey, and Maillard and Papp by using a hypermedia narrative that combines linear words and phrases in various fonts, sizes and colours. [ . . . ] For Kendall working with the computer provides the opportunity to utilize a uniquely contemporary set of tools  . . .  'Soft Poetry' is, he writes in the readme file, 'an update to the ancient traditions of the word as art object – the tradition of calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, visual and pattern poetry [ . . . ] by making serious poetry more tangible and just plain fun,' Kendall writes, 'it can serve as a great introduction for students. Again and again it has captured the imagination of young people and those who don't like poetry'. -- Funkhouser, C. T. 2007. <em>Prehistoric Digital Poetry: An Archaeology of Forms.</em> 1st ed. University Alabama Press.</p>
PY - 1992
LA - English
M3 - Executable, Kinetic, Poetry
UR - https://the-next.eliterature.org/works/1104/0/0/
DB - The NEXT
Y2 - 2025-03-29
ER -