Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients -- and gathered here by JoAnne Growney, whose personal website is at https://joannegrowney.com/ .

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

A sonnet for Napoleon's Theorem

In geometry, Napoleon's theorem ( often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769–1821) states that if equilateral triangles are cons...

Saturday, December 6, 2014

A scientist writes of scientists

Wilkes-Barre poet Richard Aston is many-faceted -- a teacher, an engineer, a textbook author, a technical writer. And Aston writes of...

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...

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Perfect circle, Haiku

Perfect circle round the moon In the center of the sky by Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), from Book of Ha...

Friday, June 17, 2011

Circling -- with Rilke

Ranier Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was born in Prague but emigrated to Germany and is one of the great modern lyric poets. The following Rilk...

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Horizon line

Poet James Galvin often uses mathematical imagery in his poems. Art Class by James Galvin Let us begin with a simple lin...

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