{"id":1802,"date":"2011-07-26T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickm.com\/post\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2011-07-26T14:37:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T18:37:54","slug":"who-grabbed-my-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickm.com\/post\/2011\/07\/who-grabbed-my-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Grabbed My Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January 2009, I wrote a very short (one page) Python poetry generator that creates a limitless nature poem each time it is run. I wrote this generator, “Taroko Gorge,”<\/a> mostly at Taroko Gorge National Park in Taiwan, finishing it on the plane afterwards. I later ported it to JavaScript so that it could be easily run in a Web browser.<\/p>\n

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It seems the gorge goes ever ever on. The code from “Taroko Gorge” and the form it defines have been appropriated a few times. Here are five poetry generators that use the code from that project and replace my text with different, and often much more extensive, language:<\/p>\n

“Tokyo Garage”<\/a> by Scott Rettberg, 2009. [Output from “Tokyo Garage” read aloud<\/a> by a pedantic machinima clown.]<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Gorge”<\/a> by J. R. Carpenter, 2010. [Announcement of “Gorge.”]<\/a> [Output appears in J. R. Carpenter’s GENERATION[S],<\/i><\/a> Traumawien: 2010.]<\/p>\n

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“Along the Briny Beach”<\/a> by J. R. Carpenter, 2011. [Announcement of “Along the Briny Beach.”]<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Toy Garbage”<\/a> by Talan Memmott, 2011.<\/p>\n

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“Yoko Engorged”<\/a> by Eric Snodgrass. 2011. [Announcement of “Yoko Engorged.”]<\/a><\/p>\n

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In January 2009, I wrote a very short (one page) Python poetry generator that creates a limitless nature poem each time it is run. I wrote this generator, “Taroko Gorge,” mostly at Taroko Gorge National Park in Taiwan, finishing it on the plane afterwards. I later ported it to JavaScript so that it could be … <\/p>\n

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