Poetics is a visual poetry app, developing the concept of an infinitely editable, object-oriented poetry.  

The app is an ongoing artwork created by Seth Indigo Carnes, an artist based in New York City. Poetics is used in over 150 countries, across languages and cultures, and in schools to teach a variety of subjects.

Art features:

• mutable text
• chance operations
• ephemeral missives
• gestural semiotics
• nonlinear flux
• meta tangents
• intermedia cutups
• multimodal love

App features:

• works on all iOS devices
• portrait and landscape compositions
• turn device and use in any orientation
• always editable, saved work
• custom photo filters
• minimal text styling and color
• physics-based interactions
• nuanced gestural control
• zoom in and out for detailed work
• write in multiple languages
• speak your words into app

Music in App Store preview courtesy of The Missing Ones

Feedback or thoughts? [email protected]

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