This post's title "Prove it" occurs several times within the poem,
DREAMers Mark Themselves by Maricielo Ampudia Gutiérrez,
a poem (found here, followed by an author bio) that arrived in a recent e-mail from the socially-engaged poetry group, Split This Rock -- and I have been reflecting on its use of the term "prove it" as compared with mathematical usage. The poem by Gutiérrez is included in a rich poetry database maintained by Split this Rock.
One of the editors of the online journal Better Than Starbucks, Joseph E. Petta, has let me know of his liking for poems with links to mathematics and encourages submissions. Petta's "Experimental & Form Poetry" section of the July August 2020 issue contains a thoughtful a thoughtful matrix poem, a word-prison:
Freedom by Stuthi Iyer
Both of these poems offer ideas for thoughtful contemplation -- for math people and for others!
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