Enhanced Understanding of Math through Poetry

If you have TWO ways of saying something,
that enhances your understanding of it!

     For those of you going to the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle (JMM 2025), an important session available to attend is this one, scheduled for the morning of January 9 and sponsored by AWM, the Association for Women in Mathematics:

AWM Special Session on Exploring Mathematics through the Arts and Pedagogy in Creative Settings

And a very special presentation within this session that explores connections between Mathematics and Poetry is "Enhanced Understanding of Mathematics Through Poetry" -- presented by scientist, teacher, and writer Emily R. Lutken.  Lutken's presentation is scheduled for the morning of Thursday, January 9 -- here is a link to the abstract and scheduling details for that event.  Here is one of the mathy poems that will be part of Lutken's presentation:

      by E. R. Lutken

       Trapped on planes,
       circles and lines find each other,
       centered, locking arms.
       The faithful connection
       always, always the same
       for each and every pair.
       Ruled by an irrational constant, 
       its measure, a sequence
       never repeating,          From Manifold; poetry of mathematics (3: A Taos Press, 2021)

           To learn more about poet Emily Lutken, I encourage you to explore her website -- follow this link.   AND to find lots more connections between poetry and mathematics, I invite you to explore this blog.