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/ .

Showing posts with label constraint. Show all posts

Showing posts with label constraint. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2016

How Old Is the Rose-Red City?

Most of Martin Gardner 's fans are avid puzzler's -- my connection with him is also one of admiration (he was a thoughtful pers...

Saturday, April 12, 2014

A Vector Space Poem

As a Columbia undergraduate, media artist Millie Niss (1973-2009) majored in mathematics and was enrolled in a math PhD program at Bro...

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Free vs Constraints -- Sandburg - Frost

One of the delights of investigation -- in library books or on the internet or walking about in the world -- is that one bit of information ...

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

New poems from old -- by substitution

Poet Lee Ann Brown was the featured poet at the November, 2010 Conference on Constrained Poetry at UNC Ashville; this conference celebrate...

Friday, November 19, 2010

Syllable-Sestina -- a square permutation poem

Some poetry is " free verse " but many poems are crafted by following some sort of form or constraint--they might be sonnets or ba...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Celebrate Constraints -- Happy Birthday, OULIPO

Patrick Bahls and Richard Chess of the University of North Carolina at Ashville have organized a " Conference on Constrained Poetry ...

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