The Onchain Poetry Digest XVI
Onchain poetry seems as alive as it ever was, with an explosion of freshly minted poems in the past two weeks. It's good to see so many poets creating new work. Still predominantly on Tezos, as well, but also on other chains.
And it's not just poetry itself that excites. In the past two weeks, there were two collections that are poetry-related (and created by poets) that I thought were certainly worth a special mention.
First is the collection Murder by (Loco)motive, created by OddWritings. He is a true OG onchain poet, who keeps experimenting on the edge of Web3. His crafts wonderful poems and then publishes them, looking for what is the best way to utilise the blockchain landscape. Now, he is turning his poem Murder by (Loco)motive into an AI project, where he uses groups of 3 words from the poem to prompt AI art. Every piece is created by another set of 3 words from the poem. You can mint these pieces on different blockchains, for example Polygon.
[Murder by (Loco)motive 20 - Murder by (Loco)motive on Polygon - NiftyKit
This is the image generated from the twentieth set of 3 words of my poem "Murder by (Loco)motive" set against the corresponding words in my book by the same name ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH5N5HZK ). The words appear at the bottom of the image.
The second collection is by Sasha Stiles, who needs no introduction in this space. Next to her ground-breaking poetry, she also creates other art. Her most recently minted project is titled Biblio-tech, in which she re-imagines books and writing tools. The collection hold beautiful pieces, such as the Keyboard For Jaded Poets.
[KEYBOARD FOR JADED POETS
A generative metaphor... BIBLIO-TECH is a collection of rare books, minted matter and poetic devices, from antiquity to futurity.
In this issue, I have aimed to add previews of the poems in the list. As the embeds for Objkt don't work as hoped, I have used Rarible as source for the previews of Tezos-minted poems. Unfortunately that did not work for all the poems listed. I will keep looking for better ways.
On to the poetry
Melancholic Odyssey
by Leon Faesulis on Tezos
Experience and collect here
Melancholic Odyssey
This book is my genesis.
https://rarible.com
Within
by Ashwini Dodani & Sueartens on Ethereum
Experience and collect here
[Within | Foundation
Don't tell me what I can do or what I cannot for I am made of more than flowers I am a branch today, I can be a leaf tomorrow, At midnight I bloom like a flower, In the mornings I might hide in plain sight...
https://foundation.app
Reading ONE: i am the invisible poet
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[Reading ONE: i am the invisible poet
Where I read recent work for you.
https://rarible.com
they fell
by Gomp_art on Tezos
Experiment and collect here
[they fell
artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist.
https://rarible.com
Φ
by Aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
Experience and collect here
Φ (Deluxe)
by Aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
Experience and collect here
remember this
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
Experience and collect here
Untitled
by Antecristo on Tezos
Experience and collect here
autumn settles
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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[autumn settles
A melancholic take on the season of autumn, which always leaves me feeling sad.
https://rarible.com
Build on Cheesecake
by ChrisCoCreated et al on Base
Experience and collect here
[Build on Cheesecake
https://zora.co
Untitled
by Antecristo on Tezos
Experience and collect here
A Few Drops
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[A Few Drops
Daily haiku courtesy of the birds.
https://rarible.com
Skyline
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Skyline
Daily haiku courtesy of flight.
https://rarible.com
Stray Dog
by Timothy Green on Tezos
Experience and collect here
Poema Pictura Loquens
by Sasha Stiles on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[POEMA PICTURA LOQUENS
Generative repetition of a line from the Ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos (556-468 BCE): "Poema pictura loquens, pictura poema silens." "Poetry is a speaking picture, painting a silent poetry." "Repetition-the use of the same term several times-is one of the crucial elements in poetry...
https://rarible.com
Chipping Away
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Chipping Away
Daily haiku brought to you by the view above the Mojave.
https://rarible.com
The Cow's Strut
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[The Crow's Strut
Daily haiku courtesy of the drive to the airport.
https://rarible.com
Insomnia
by Linda Laforge on Tezos
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[insomnia
an observational quote that came to me in the night, inspiring a glitch gif.
https://rarible.com
Predawn Rain
by Timothy Green on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[Predawn Rain
Daily haiku courtesy of Monet.
https://rarible.com
Fault
by Timothy Green on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[Fault
Daily haiku courtesy of geology.
https://rarible.com
Another World
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Another World
Daily haiku courtesy of travel.
https://rarible.com
After Divorce
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[After Divorce
Daily haiku courtesy of the hard frost that never came.
https://rarible.com
Too Many Deer
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Too Many Deer
Daily haiku courtesy of house-hunting.
https://rarible.com
A Lot
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[A Lot
Daily haiku courtesy of Walmart.
https://rarible.com
Ut Pictura Poesis
by Sasha Stiles on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[UT PICTURA POESIS
Generative repetition of a favorite phrase from Horace's Ars Poetica: "As is painting, so is poetry." "Repetition-the use of the same term several times-is one of the crucial elements in poetry... It is one of the most marked features of all poetry, oral and written, one of the primary ways we distinguish poetry itself.
https://rarible.com
Sleeping In
by Timothy Green on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[Daily Haiku NFTs on Rarible: Buy, Sell and Trade
Discover, sell and buy NFTs on Rarible! Our aggregated NFT marketplace for Ethereum NFTs and Polygon NFTs powers brands, collections and creator marketplaces.
https://rarible.com
RAW
by aether & Nonconceptualism on Tezos
Experience and collect here
No Step
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[NO STEP
Daily haiku courtesy of your wings.
https://rarible.com
Cocreated dance of consistency
by Arjan Tupan on Zora
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[Cocreated dance of consistency
In the week of 2-8 October 2023, we saw wonderful conversations about consistency, the meaning of showing up and the emergence of the term Conversational Liquidity Providers. And a cast about art and how Piet Mondriaan danced the boogie woogie until the age of 70, but without music.
https://zora.co
Behind the Ordinary
by Emanuel Souza on Ethereum
Experience and collect here
[Behind the Ordinary | Foundation
There is an infinity behind the ordinary And poetry is able to reveal it
https://foundation.app
Permissionless FC
by Arjan Tupan on Zora
Experience and collect here
[Permissionless FC
A special edition to celebrate Farcaster going permissionless. As Farcaster becomes permissionless, will a wave of new users come and join us? The Farcaster Scenius has built a strong culture, and we warmly welcome new users into it. The poem: Now floodgates / are open, a wave of / new users will come.
https://zora.co
School Days
by Timothy Green on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[School Days
Daily haiku courtesy of the kids.
https://rarible.com
Another Day
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Another Day
Daily haiku courtesy of 575.
https://rarible.com
Sobre Transparência, Governos e Blockchains
by Emanuel Souza on Tezos
Exprience and collect here
[fxhash - Sobre Transparência, Governos e Blockchains
Dos muitos aspectos que compõem estas tecnologias, neste artigo pretendemos destacar um, a transparência. De maneira sucinta pretendemos problematizar a falta de transparência das instituições políticas tradicionais usando exemplos da política brasileira atual. Com este panorama em mãos, pretendemos fazer um contraponto com a transparência presente na arquitetura tecnológica da blockchain.
https://www.fxhash.xyz
huggin' You
by Marta Gazzola on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[huggin' You
a poem to seek and find our fundamental connection: life! the background image is done with AI and is meant, through a text-prompt, to introduce, to accompany, and to let the poem go with the reader in our daily world.
https://rarible.com
the shiver
by Gomp_art on Tezos
Experience and collect here
[the shiver
artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2022 /2023 & 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist.
https://rarible.com
Even the Hinges
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Even the Hinges
Daily haiku courtesy of hope.
https://rarible.com
Seer Travelogues
by Antecristo on Tezos
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Windswept
by The Art of Haiku on Tezos
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[WINDSWEPT
Haiku Art - Windswept at my door a pile of leaves . . . and a windswept pup
https://rarible.com
Summer's End
by Timothy Green on Tezos
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[Summer's End
Daily haiku courtesy of the rake.
https://rarible.com
sensual erasure
by aether on Tezos
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morality
by Gomp_art on Tezos
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dreamlike erasure
by aether on Tezos
Experience and collect here
Thank you for checking out the poems above. You can help the poets by sharing their work with your friends or even collect if you can.