Tigers at play: Stafford Beer's poetry

Author: Whittaker, David

Source: Kybernetes: The International Journal of Systems & Cybernetics, Volume 33, Numbers 3-4, 2004 , pp. 547-553(7)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

Considers Stafford Beer as a poet. Discusses Beer's interest in a wide variety of poetic forms. Gives some technical examples of how Beer employed Welsh and Sanskrit metre and rhythm to writing in English. Also includes a translation from the Spanish; a ballade and selections from his longest poem One Person Metagame.

Keywords: Cybernetics; Literature; Poetry

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03684920410523562

Publication date: 2004-03-01