43:, both arbitrary splicings of two 'parent' poems. The visitor was asked to select the more appealing, and poems that survived the process of voting went on to be spliced into other 'healthy' poems. Unpopular poems eventually "died". The intent was to create, in the long term, poems that were progressively more interesting and sensible.
50:
garbage. That's ok. All you have to do is read them both and pick the one you find more appealing, for whatever reason. Your decision might be based on a single word that you happen to like. It doesn't matter. Just pick whichever one strikes your fancy." The
46:
According to the introduction to the now-defunct site, the poems would, "(i)n all likelihood . . . both be abysmal pieces of
220:
215:
196:
32:
157:
176:
180:
144:
36:
16:
Web project to evolve poetry through combining splicings of parent poetry and voting by appeal
193:
20:
209:
138:
68:
28:
27:
was a web project created in 2003 by David Rea to determine whether "non-negotiated
55:
poems were constructed from a group of 1,000 words selected from such sources as
63:
52:
47:
57:
23:
40:
71:, poems such as the following two began to emerge.
136:A number of widely known publications, including
39:. Visitors to the site were presented with two
8:
194:'Darwinian poetry' seeks to evolve verse.
184:, August 28, 2003. Accessed May 21, 2008
99:shouting while in doomed nothingness was
199:. July 24, 2003. Accessed May 21, 2008
169:
7:
14:
148:magazine, featured this site .
132:one dream is I perhaps love you
35:poetry using a process akin to
31:" could evolve interesting and
1:
237:
116:beating pointed time and
83:the beautiful the frozen
87:hour of our other lie
67:. After few years of
158:Darwinian algorithm
124:with cold knowledge
221:Poetry collections
181:The New York Times
91:temple lost music
37:natural selection
228:
200:
191:
185:
174:
112:spent waves sang
236:
235:
231:
230:
229:
227:
226:
225:
206:
205:
204:
203:
192:
188:
175:
171:
166:
154:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
109:
107:(generation 17)
97:
95:just later from
93:
89:
85:
80:
78:(generation 13)
17:
12:
11:
5:
234:
232:
224:
223:
218:
216:2003 in poetry
208:
207:
202:
201:
186:
168:
167:
165:
162:
161:
160:
153:
150:
108:
102:
79:
73:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
233:
222:
219:
217:
214:
213:
211:
198:
195:
190:
187:
183:
182:
178:
177:ONLINE DIARY.
173:
170:
163:
159:
156:
155:
151:
149:
147:
146:
141:
140:
139:New Scientist
134:
133:
129:
125:
121:
117:
113:
106:
103:
101:
100:
96:
92:
88:
84:
77:
74:
72:
70:
69:interbreeding
66:
65:
60:
59:
54:
49:
44:
42:
38:
34:
30:
29:collaboration
26:
25:
22:
189:
179:
172:
143:
137:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
110:
104:
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
81:
75:
62:
56:
45:
19:
18:
120:measureless
105:Poem #20014
76:Poem #18118
48:nonsensical
33:intelligent
210:Categories
164:References
128:revealing
64:The Iliad
21:Darwinian
197:ABC News
152:See also
145:Discover
53:original
58:Hamlet
24:Poetry
41:poems
142:and
61:and
212::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.