An Australian poet (Erica Jolly) whom I have met through this blog has helped me to learn about the great variety of poetry and related activities that are available on her continent -- and today I want to link you to the Australian Poetry Library and to offer a mathy poem by Peter Goldsworthy that I enjoyed there.
1 by Peter Goldsworthy
Arithmetic divides
and rules the world,
freezing the flow
in single frames,
colourising each
by numbers.
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The Joys of Mathematics
The Joys of Mathematics by Peter Boyle
At fifty I will begin my count towards the infinite numbers.
At negative ninety nine I will start my walk towards the
infinitesimally small.
At fifty I will begin my count towards the infinite numbers.
At negative ninety nine I will start my walk towards the
infinitesimally small.
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