Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts

Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Opposites, Balance

Recently, and perhaps always, opposites have interested me. For example, the complementary and sometimes conflicting nuggets of advic...

Monday, December 23, 2013

Ah, you are a mathematician

Thanks to Arturo Sangalli of the Writer's Union of Canada -- and fellow-participant in a recent Banff creativity conference -- who re...

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Averaging . . . geometry of the center

Perhaps partly due to his experience as an Air Force pilot during World War II, Harold Nemerov (1920 - 1991) uses geometry with deft precis...

Saturday, August 31, 2013

A square-root of dead weight . . .

A poet I love ( Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013 , 1995 Nobelist ) has died. The NYTimes obituary for Heaney quotes one of my favorites of hi...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Balancing an Equation

I grew up on a farm and spent my middle life in a small town and now live in a city. A sort of immigrant. A farm girl who became a p...

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