A recent email from Portuguese mathematician-poet F J "Francisco" Craveiro
de Carvalho brought a 40-year-old stanza to my attention. First published in the May, 1974 issue of POETRY Magazine, we have these enigmatic lines by William Virgil Davis. Enjoy!
The Science of Numbers: Or Poetry as Pure Mathematics
Whatever you add you add at your peril.
It is far better to subtract. In poetry,
Multiplication borders on madness.
Division is the mistress we agree to sleep with.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014
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