In the KIDSPOST section of this morning's Washington Post I learned that next Sunday, August 28, is the birthday of poet Rita Dove (b. 1952) and Saturday, August 27 is the birthday of mathematician Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932). Dove (who served as US Poet Laureate 1993-95) is author of one of my favorite mathy poems -- a poem about the EXCITEMENT of learning mathematics -- and I offer it below:
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| from The Yellow House on The Corner (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1980) |
Work by Rita Dove has also appeared in earlier postings in this blog. This link leads to the results of a blog-search using her name.
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