Böcker av Stephen Sweigart

Roma 1972 was written in Italy in fall 1972. With Temple University in Rome. As a credited creative writing course. The poem begins in Pisa on a tour of Italy. Then the poet toured the city of Rome on his own. Writing about art works, and monuments. He received 3 credits and an 'A'.

It is primarily about World War II in Europe. It deals withthe French Revolution and the building of Eastern EuropeanSocialism. His life and Reagan years. The only text of the computerpoem is presented.Stephen Sweigart wrote this poem as his first computerpoem in BASIC. In the late 1980s. After one semesterat graduate school at Temple University, he studiedComputer programming at a county Community college.He is now retired working part-time after 40 years full-time.He plays classical piano, and is an audiophile and gardener.