Judith Johnson's multi-part poem, "Cities of Mathematics and Desire" is geometric in its descriptive power; scenes are constructed and mapped with the careful attention of a mathematical proof. At a math-poetry reading a year ago today (January 6, 2012) at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, Johnson read part 4 of this poem -- and it is included here in the July 2012 issue of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. Read on for part 2 of this 9-part poem:
2. Of the Power of Chess to Feed the Starved by Judith Johnson
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Math-women -- snowballing . . .
These syllable-snowball poems (increasing by one syllable from line to line)
note a few of the (living) math-women I admire.
note a few of the (living) math-women I admire.
They are modest offerings --
not great poetry nor fully recognizing many accomplishments--
not great poetry nor fully recognizing many accomplishments--
but I want to start a ball rolling:
look around you and notice the amazing math-women.
look around you and notice the amazing math-women.
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