Robert Kendall (poet)

Robert Kendall is a digital poet. Canadian-born, he now lives in the United States. He has a master's degree in Musicology and has taught electronic poetry for the New School University's online course.

In 1990, he used DOS to create two 'kinetic poems', The Clue: a MiniMystery and It all Comes Down to ________. Kendall refers to these two early poems as "SoftPoems", in which words and phrases are animated to match movement with meaning. He later worked with Visual Basic, using this Microsoft programming language to create a book-length hypertext poem, A Life Set for Two, in 1996. Kendall has also created work for Flash and the Web. Kendall serves on the board of directors for the Electronic Literature Organization.

Works

 * Kendall, Robert (2006). Logoza.
 * Kendall, Robert (2004). Candles for a Street Corner. A work of multimedia poetry.
 * Kendall, Robert (2002). Clues. A work of detective noir interactive poetry.
 * Kendall, Robert (2001). Faith. A work of kinetic concrete poetry.
 * Kendall, Robert (2000). A Study in Shades. A a two part poem about dealing with Alzheimer's disease.