Code Poetry Slam

In 2013, Stanford University held its first Code Poetry Slam, and its deadline for submissions closed on January 15 of this year. 

Looks like an annual affair to watch.

Here is the school's description of the event:

Stanford University's Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL) sponsors a series of Code Poetry Slams. Code Poetry Slam 1.0 was held on November 20th, 2013, and Code Poetry Slam 1.1 was held on February 27th, 2014, both in Wallenberg Hall, Rm. 124, at Stanford University. The following year, Slam 2.0 was held on January 23rd, 2015, also in Wallenberg 124.

What is "code poetry"? A C++ sonnet? A Haskell haiku? An algorithmic poetry generator? Something completely new? Check out our Resources tab for examples, theory, and other groups holding similar events!

Dawn of the Algorithm

Dawn of the Algorithm (Yann Rousselot)

Description from the publisher InkShares: "A picture book of 33 poems inspired by science [fiction], video games, books & movies, life in Paris and, above all else, the looming robopocalypse."

Cortland Review Tribute to Kurt Brown

From the Editor's Note in the Spring 2014 issue of The Cortland Review: 

It is with enormous heart that The Cortland Review celebrates National Poetry Month and the life and work of Kurt Brown, whom we all miss, the beautiful posthumously-published I've Come This Far To Say Hello: Poems Selected and New, and the friends who made that volume possible. Kurt, it turns out, was everybody's friend. Endearing, warm, funny, charming, curious, empathetic, imaginative, big-hearted, and compassionate are just a few of the adjectives in the letters from his friends, the contributors to this feature: Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Lee Briccetti, Wyn Cooper, Stephen Dunn, Richard Garcia, Janlori Goldman, Andrey Gritsman, Kamiko Hahn, Steve Huff, Meg Kearney, Eugenia Leigh, Thomas Lux, Laura McCullough, Christopher Merrill, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Martha Rhodes, David Rothman, Harold Schechter, Charles Simic, Tree Swenson, Charles Harper Webb and Marty Williams. Each one of them has offered us a favorite Kurt Brown poem with a personal note about their choice. We accompany the poems with a slideshow reminiscent of Kurt's life--a favorite song of his running alongside--excerpts from his "Notebook," and an essay "Kurt Brown: An Appreciation," by David Rigsbee. 

A Tribute to Kurt Brown | Poets House

SNIP  From the Poets House announcement of a tribute to Kurt Brown:

Friends and poets gather to remember Kurt Brown (1944–2013), prolific poet, editor, founder of the Aspen Writers’ Conference, former Poets House board member, and beloved teacher. Award-winning author of seven full-length poetry collections, including, most recently, A Thousand Kim and Time-Bound, as well as chapbooks, translations, and a memoir, Brown was a tireless advocate for poetry, editing and co-editing numerous journals and anthologies. 

Verse and Universe by Kurt Brown (Milkweed Editions)