A numerical poem, recently found on Facebook -- at this link:
Showing posts with label addition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label addition. Show all posts
Monday, August 10, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
Add and subtract to get . . . a minimalist poem
Thinking today of poet Bob Grumman (1941-2015) with special gratitude for the way he expanded my poetic horizons. For example, he introduced me to this addition-subtraction minimalist poem by LeRoy Gorman -- called "the day":
un + s = up;
up - s = un.
More information about Gorman and several more poetry samples are available here.
un + s = up;
up - s = un.
More information about Gorman and several more poetry samples are available here.
Labels:
addition,
Bob Grumman,
haiku,
LeRoy Gorman,
minimalist,
poem,
subtraction
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
A poem for your pocket
Years ago, when "Poem in Your Pocket Day" (April 30) was first celebrated, we did not have cellphones to carry poems with us easily. Here is a tiny but memorable poem for you to carry with you tomorrow -- on your phone or in your pocket -- a poem to open and read, again and again.
Hughes' poem "Addition" is found in Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics (A K Peters, 2008) and was first posted in this blog, along with other poems linked to Black History Month on February 20, 2011.
Hughes' poem "Addition" is found in Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics (A K Peters, 2008) and was first posted in this blog, along with other poems linked to Black History Month on February 20, 2011.
Labels:
addition,
infinite,
Langston Hughes,
poem in your pocket day
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
And Now I See . . .
One of the ways we overcome our nervous shyness about our disabilities is by talking about them, and writing about them. And by encountering the poetry of Kathi Wolfe. I enjoy her work out-loud -- she is a frequent performer of her poems at local DC-area venues -- and on the page.
Kathi's "Blind Ambition" (in which she speaks of the monsters in arithmetic) is offered below; I first discovered this poem when it was posted by Split this Rock as poem of the week.
Kathi's "Blind Ambition" (in which she speaks of the monsters in arithmetic) is offered below; I first discovered this poem when it was posted by Split this Rock as poem of the week.
Labels:
addition,
arithmetic,
blind,
Kathi Wolfe,
multiplication,
poetry,
Split This Rock
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