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 equations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label equations. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Solving equations . . .

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Although poets as long ago as Henry Lok (1553?-1608?), Elizabeth Tollett (1694-1854), and William Blake   (1757-1827) used mathematical ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Algebra cadabra

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It was my good fortune to meet Colette Inez back in the early 1990s when she was poet-in-residence at Bucknell University. Then, as now, I ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Latitude, longitude, and inauguration

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Elizabeth Bodien now lives in a rural area in eastern Pennsylvania -- settling there after other lives in California, in Japan, in West Afr...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Poetic Explorations of . . . Mathematicians

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In the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics ( Volume 1, Issue 2 ), we find "Numen R ology: A Poetic Exploration of the Lives and Work of ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Things the fingers know

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Blogger Peter Cameron sent me a link to an lively article, " Eveline Pye: Poetry in Numbers "  in the September 2011 issue of the...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Seeking a universal language

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Is mathematics a universal language?  Not only is this universality often postulated but also it was said  -- some decades back -- that devi...
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