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.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Choosing the GEOMETRIC SHAPE of a poem

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      Structural constraints often govern the patterns we find in poetry -- well-known in poetic history are rhythm-and-rhyme patterns inclu...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

What is not possible?

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     It is impossible for a number to be greater than 2 if it is not greater than 1.  It is impossible to find a rational number whose squar...
Friday, August 3, 2012

JHM -- many math poems

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     Volume 2, Issue 2 (July 2012) of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics has recently become available online -- and it has lots of p...
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