Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients -- and gathered here by JoAnne Growney, whose personal website is at https://joannegrowney.com/ .

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

Daniel May -- professor at Black Hills State University in South Dakota -- enjoys not only teaching mathematics to future teachers bu...

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Enjoy the Possibilities in a Multiple-Choice Poem

Just as a test-taker mulls over which answer is correct, a poet mulls over word choices and what should come next. South Dakota math...

Monday, August 30, 2021

Mathematics and Poetry -- Arts of the Heart

On the opening pages of a Springer Reference, Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences , we find a list of 107 fascinating...

Thursday, March 26, 2020

SUNSET poem -- guided by a Fano diagram

GEOMETRY IN POETRY Warning : even if you are not a mathy person, you will like the poem offered below! When a writer picks up her ...

Monday, September 24, 2018

Celebrate math students -- a Fibonacci poem!

South Dakota mathematician Dan May teaches mathematics at Black Hills State University where he also leads workshops for middle school...

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Using a Fano plane to create a poem

South Dakota mathematician Daniel May enjoys finding connections between his discipline and other arts -- and herein we consider a con...

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