# Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória

> creative work by Nuno F. Ferreira, Rui Torres

**Wikidata**: [Q132198515](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132198515)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/poemario-blog-de-poesia-combinatoria

## Summary
Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória is a web-based creative work of electronic literature and generative digital poetry by Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres, published in 2008. It is presented as an application/exhibit web page that generates combinatory poetry using web technologies and Adobe Flash.

## Key Facts
- Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória is a creative work and web page published in 2008.  
- Authors: Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres.  
- Genres: electronic literature, generative literature, and digital poetry.  
- Instance types listed: creative work, exhibit, application, and web page.  
- elmcip identifier: 2958.  
- Distribution format: web page.  
- Software engine: Adobe Flash (also listed with identifier Q13166).  
- Programming languages/technologies used: ActionScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, PHP, and an additional listed identifier Q42478.  
- Languages of the work: English and Portuguese.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória?
A: It is a web-based creative work of electronic, generative digital poetry created by Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres and published in 2008.

### Q: Who created Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória?
A: The work was created by Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres.

### Q: What technologies power Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória?
A: The work lists Adobe Flash as its software engine and uses ActionScript, CSS, HTML, and PHP among its programming languages (plus an additional listed identifier Q42478).

### Q: In what languages is the work available?
A: The work is listed as being in English and Portuguese.

## Why It Matters
Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória is a documented example of early 21st-century electronic literature that combines generative processes with web presentation. As a web-distributed work published in 2008 and catalogued with an elmcip identifier (2958), it sits at the intersection of poetic practice and software-based art. The use of Adobe Flash and ActionScript alongside standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, PHP) positions the project within a specific technological moment when multimedia plugins were commonly used to deliver interactive and generative content on the web. Its bilingual presentation (English and Portuguese) increases accessibility and situates it within translingual digital-poetic practices. For researchers and readers interested in digital poetry, generative literature, or the history of web-based literary experiments, Poemário provides a concrete instance to study how programming and design shape poetic form and distribution.

## Notable For
- Being a generative digital poetry project explicitly categorized as electronic literature, generative literature, and digital poetry.  
- Authorship by Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres and cataloguing with elmcip_id 2958.  
- Use of Adobe Flash (software engine) together with web technologies (ActionScript, HTML, CSS, PHP).  
- Presentation as both a creative work and a web application/exhibit, published in 2008.  
- Bilingual availability in English and Portuguese.

## Body

### Overview
- Title: Poemário - Blog de poesia combinatória.  
- Nature: Listed as a creative work, exhibit, application, and web page.  
- Publication date: 2008.  
- elmcip identifier: 2958.

### Creators
- Authors: Nuno F. Ferreira.  
- Authors: Rui Torres.

### Genres and Classification
- Primary genres: electronic literature.  
- Subgenres: generative literature and digital poetry.

### Distribution and Format
- Distribution format: web page.  
- Presented as a blog-like or web-based application/exhibit.

### Technologies and Implementation
- Software engine: Adobe Flash (also referenced via identifier Q13166 in the source data).  
- Programming languages and technologies listed:  
  - ActionScript.  
  - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).  
  - HTML.  
  - PHP.  
  - An additional listed identifier: Q42478 (as provided in source data).

### Language and Access
- Languages of work or name: English and Portuguese.

### Identifiers and Cataloguing
- elmcip_id: 2958.  
- The work is described in source metadata as a creative work by Nuno F. Ferreira and Rui Torres.