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Poetry is a site that lets you create poetry "fridge-magnet"
style.
- A selection
of themed word-tiles are available in a grey "tool box" located
on the right of the screen.
- The author
drags the tiles from the tool box to the main page where they can be
freely arranged to form sentences.
- The tool
also allows the user to change the colour of the background, tile and
text.
- Poems
can be saved for later editing, and the script can even be downloaded
to a local computer for offline composition.
- The creator's
intention is that peoplewill
use the site to create messages for friends or loved ones.
- Once a
poem is composed it can be sent to someone, who is then invited first
to read the poem, then rearrange the words and send the new poetry message
to the original sender.
- The site
is slightly unusual as rather than Flash or hypertext, CGI script is
used.
- Users
of the site have the opportunity to browse the 5 most popular poems
in a variety of categories.
- The 5
most recent creations are also listed.
My favourites were the Romance and Classic Kits.
- Although
admittedly this site rarely produces ground-breakingly impressive material,
proper use of the kits has potential.
- The real
advantage of the site is encouraging people to consider a poetic medium
when normally it would notcross
their mind.
- Whereas
writing an expressive poem may be considered old fashioned or not the
'done thing', this adaptation of the medium makes it not only modern
but fashionable - many of us will have received an e-card of some sort
at some point.
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Poetry inadvertently promotes the poetic medium.
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