Definitional Confusion

I would like to contest the use of the word “poems” in Ana Maria Uribe’s Anipoems, for this would imply that they are poetry. I would not rationally classify them as such.
It is true, a few weeks ago, I stood in front of the class and with all my might defended flarf as a legitimate form of poetry. However, while Uribe’s Anipoems are entertaining, I don’t think they fall under the same heading as poetry. Artistic and creative: sure. Poetry: no.
Throughout high school, it was drilled into our heads that we were not to begin our essays with dictionary definitions, nor was it advisable to include them in the body of the paper, as a definition tends to be viewed as generally argument-weakening. However, since I’m trying to de-classify an artist’s work from the poetry genre, I felt it was appropriate here to consult my friend the lexicon. He (who has now taken on human characteristics, you’ll notice) seemed to agree with me that Uribe’s Anipoems were not, in fact, poems at all. The main emphasis in several of the definitions was its characteristic opposition to prose, yet the Anipoems aren’t an alternative to prose – they actually seem to fall into a category of their own.
Were I to categorize the Anipoems, I believe I would use a phrase like “performance art” or “acting texts”, but to call them poems is simply a leap I’m not willing to make.
In My Mother is a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts, N. Katherine Hayles explores how code has evolved to exhibit extreme similarities to other texts (and languages). Even her title suggests the connection between code and other forms of literature. However, with the rapid technological expanse of the last 30 years or so, which has accelerated over the past ten, it seems more important than ever to work actively to maintain certain intellectual boundaries. I feel that the boundary between what does and does not constitute poetry is one such crucial example.
Perhaps I am mis-interpreting Uribe’s choice of wording. It is possible that her Anipoems contain some grand joke that I’m missing. However, if she is legitimately trying to classify them as poetry, I believe she should be called to task on this classification.