Call for a poetry of pure touch with text-like elements. This poetry could be sculptural–free standing or relief work–or be flat “page� poetry, but the tactile elements should take precedence over the visual–i.e., this is poetry that does not need to be seen to be experienced. I can imagine that the temperature of the work could become an important element, as well as the dryness or wetness of the surfaces.

I can also imagine “pure� tactile poetry practicioners that do not allow the poem to be seen at all and “soft� practicioners of the art who allow their creations to be seen as well as touched.

Of course, this is not visual poetry, but the elements of visual poetry (in all its liminal glory) translated to another sense.

Perhaps there are already haptic poetry groups in operation? If so, please let me know. If anyone out there has or will experiment with creating haptic poetry, please contact me via this website.

Interesting to try to define this “new” old form of creative activity, especially in the midst of a terrible cold I managed to pick up almost as soon as I returned to Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_Poetry should get you to the page. Or search under the title of the page. Jess