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/ .

Showing posts with label Jorge Luis Borges. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Jorge Luis Borges. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2015

Uncertainty . . .

Sometimes we find things of great value when we are looking for something else -- in fact, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges has sai...

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Stars and men revolve in a cycle . . .

In a book-discussion group in which I participate, we are reading some of the short fiction of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) and that readi...

Sunday, May 25, 2014

How many grains of sand?

Recently one of my friends used "all the grains of sand" as an example of an infinite set "because it is impossible to count ...

Friday, June 7, 2013

A Man-Made Universe and "found" poems

Some poems are found rather than crafted. It's such fun -- can happen to anyone -- to be reading along and find a poem. T...

Friday, August 3, 2012

JHM -- many math poems

Volume 2, Issue 2 (July 2012) of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics has recently become available online -- and it has lots of p...

Friday, July 15, 2011

I have dreamed geometry

Descartes by Jorge Luis Borges I am the only man on earth, but perhaps there is neither earth nor man. Perhaps a god is ...

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