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 function. Show all posts

Showing posts with label function. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Euler formula poem

Sometimes I try to write a poem that explains a mathematical concept -- it's a difficult task My effort usually results in someth...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Graffiti Calculus

In my dreams I am an artist -- a cartoonist, perhaps, or a graffiti artist -- so skilled with lines and curves and so clever that my ar...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Is Math for Women?

At a River Poets reading at the public library in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania on December 1, 2011, Carol Ann Heckman surprised me with her poe...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Function Room

For each of us who's studied mathematics, the word "function" triggers important mathematical meanings. And so, when I read Pa...

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Math lyrics -- Lehrer et al

Mathematicians with poetic tendency often use their word-talents to write song-lyrics rather than poems; a master of the song-writing art wa...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Length of a Coastline

In the nineties, fifteen or so years ago, when I began posting mathematical poems on the Internet, two of my earliest connections were Ken S...

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