It All Comes Down To

In the MS-DOS poem It All Comes Down To, 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. Prehistoric Digital Poetry: An Archaeology of Forms. 1st ed. University Alabama Press.