It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there
----William Carlos Williams

"Poetry sticks her head up once again to remind us of a familiar place where humans have gone for centuries, and helps us struggle to make sense of fear and perception, of politics and humility, of a world always changing." --The Editors, Poems That Go

Poems That Go is mostly a collection of Quicktime and Flash movies that are poetic vignettes that incorporate text, sound, graphics, and animation. Although this site can be found in many ezine databases, it could easily be considered a net.art exhibition site as well. As many literary theorists have argued about the differences between poetry, prose, and fiction, questions can also be posed as to what point does a ‘poem that goes’ be considered an online narrative. For example, Dear E.E., by Lori Janis, is a graphic Flash movie poem in which the user can interact with it and control much of the presentation. The prose is written in a form that resembles text bits taken from a work of fiction. It could be argued that there is very little difference between this piece and other hypertextual narratives. Is the Internet begging for a catch all term that will include anything written for this medium?