These seven poets will be reading math-related poems at the upcoming (July 27-31) BRIDGES Conference in Enschede, the Netherlands; biographical information about the coordinator, Sarah Glaz, and each of the poets is available here. With each poet's name I have offer a date that is linked to one of my postings of his/her work:
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs 19 October 2012
Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya 10 March 2013
Carol Dorf 31 May 2011
Sarah Glaz 7 November 2011
Emily Grosholz 24 September 2010
Alice Major 30 December 2012
Eveline Pye 12 April 2012
Here (and also to be offered at BRIDGES) is an elegant and thoughtful poem by Alice Major -- "For Mary, Turning Sixty" -- that compares mathematical meanings of terms with personal ones.
Showing posts with label divisor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label divisor. Show all posts
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Monday, October 29, 2012
Greatest common factor
Sometimes a mathematical phrase offers a splendid concentration of meaning in an otherwise non-mathematical poem. This is the case in the poem below by Taylor Mali, teacher and slam poet.
Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali
A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers,
tied up with canvas straps—like classical music’s
birthday gift to the criminally insane—
is gently nudged without its legs
out an eighth‐floor window on 62nd street.
Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali
A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers,
tied up with canvas straps—like classical music’s
birthday gift to the criminally insane—
is gently nudged without its legs
out an eighth‐floor window on 62nd street.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
An algorithm shapes a poem
Mathematics sometimes appears in poetry via patterns that follow the Fibonacci numbers. The pattern of Pascal's triangle also has been used. In her intriguing collection, Do the Math (Tupelo Press, 2008), poet Emily Galvin (now also a California attorney) uses these and more. Just as Euclid's Algorithm involves an interaction between two numbers, the following poem by Galvin applies the algorithm in a conversation between two voices.
Euclid's Algorithm by Emily Galvin
These ten scenes happen on the blank stage.
A and B could be any two people, so long as
they've been together for longer than either
can remember.
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