Winner – Poetry – Eva Hilberg
To think that form makes the poem
Is like
Thinking that science is about numbers
Is like
Looking at a machine and seeing pegs
Is like
Seeing an equation and reading only letters
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Thinking a computer to be an oversized calculator
Is like
Looking at the history of computing as an exercise of accountancy
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Calling invention a feat of engineering
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Saying Charles Babbage without saying Ada Lovelace
Is like
Thinking ideas will leap from any pen
Is like
Thinking that programming is not writing
Is like
Thinking that words and numbers are so very different
Is like
Inventing an analytical engine to do sums
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Saying Lovelace without saying Byron
Is like
Thinking creativity comes from order
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Thinking genius is about recall
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Thinking truth the result of arithmetic
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Thinking you have to know where you are going to make a start
