"... a metaphor is an equation between two words.”
Showing posts with label Taylor Mali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taylor Mali. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2019
A poetry equation . . . .
My recent attendance (January 16-19) at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore has resulted in a pile of math-poetry items to sort and organize for offering here in my blog. While that sorting happens, here is an idea to ponder -- found in a recent article about Brooklyn-based poet and teacher Taylor Mali -- this thoughtful quote:
Monday, October 29, 2012
Greatest common factor
Sometimes a mathematical phrase offers a splendid concentration of meaning in an otherwise non-mathematical poem. This is the case in the poem below by Taylor Mali, teacher and slam poet.
Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali
A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers,
tied up with canvas straps—like classical music’s
birthday gift to the criminally insane—
is gently nudged without its legs
out an eighth‐floor window on 62nd street.
Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali
A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers,
tied up with canvas straps—like classical music’s
birthday gift to the criminally insane—
is gently nudged without its legs
out an eighth‐floor window on 62nd street.
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