In just a few days (on May 8) we will celebrate Mother's Day 2022 in the US. And I am thinking back to the July 2018 issue the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics -- a special issue with the theme Mathematics and Motherhood. One of the poems presented in that issue is "A Mother's Math is Never Done," a sestina by JHM Editor, Gizem Karaali -- and I offer its initial stanza below, followed by a link to the complete poem.
A Mother's Math is Never Done by Gizem Karaali
Beyond dark clouds is the blue sky.
The day will come to do your math,
Once you put away the clutter.
Someday again you know you'll fly.
Now's not the journey's end, just a detour on the path.
Only today, hold your breath, for you are a mother.
Go here for the rest of this sestina. Enjoy especially the final stanza!!
The entire "Table of Contents" for Mathematics and Motherhood is available at this link.
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Mothers are the Universe's founding
ReplyDeleteFor life and mind to find their grounding.
Eternal evolution for good and bad,
Multiply, divide, subtract and add,
That animations infinitely vary,
The Cosmos' fathomable dreams to carry.
Now be an atom, for one second's spell,
As joinings every lifeform's stories tell.