./code --poetry

More than just a collection of programs with poetic code comments, each work in this multi-lingual set experiments with the structure and form of the code itself. Strings are split into prose, variables assignment is used to create English syntax, and function declarations become major plot points. equals=100% PROOF,of,chemical,dumps; wind: across,the,'September'-blue,sky; bending(to,the,RATIO);as:NATURE=fights_back;using:/native-American/-wisps,that,clean-up ALL that,'bad stuff'; employing(a_simple_formula);the,/ancients/;!KNEW;The reader doesn't need to know each language to enjoy the code, though an understanding of it deepens the appreciation. There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in simultaneously reading for poetic meaning and also reading it as valid, compilable code. All of the code-poems are freely available online as well as the demo of it running, but I chose to read it in book form, which accentuates the poetic aspects.