As time passes I find -- to my delight -- more and more mathy poems available via internet. Recently I was alerted to a fascinating poem appearing recently in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Vol 47, p. 39, 2025).-- "I am the Zero" by Md Sadikur Rahman. Here is one of its stanzas (and the complete poem is available at this link):
from I Am the Zero by Md Sadikur Rahman
I am the mirror in the middle of the number line,
Where numbers see their reflections with the proper sign.
Add me to a number, and there is no change.
But multiply by me, I kill that one, leafing nothing in exchange.
Dividing by me? That's a troublesome thing,
Even the brightest minds must pause and think.
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