Poetry, like mathematics, uses condensed language -- often saying quite a lot in just a few symbols.
POEM by Aram Saroyan
One two
three there
are three are
never seen
again. (from Complete Minimal Poems, Ugly Duckling Press, 2007)
REFLECTIONS ON AN AMISH CHILDHOOD by Billy Collins
I was
a little square
in a round hat. (from Musical Tables, Random House, 2022)
This link leads to a previous blog posting with a short (14 syllables) poem of mine AND
with links to poems celebrating five female mathematicians.
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