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 mathematical poem. Show all posts

Showing posts with label mathematical poem. Show all posts

Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Baker's Dozen -- in Takoma Park

This evening I had the privilege of being part of a poetry reading at the Takoma Park Community Center -- one of four featured poets, I wa...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Finding a square root

Here is an old poem (1849) by George Van Waters that offers instruction on finding a square root . This process was part of my junior high l...

Friday, July 8, 2011

Ancestry -- what counts

Etheridge Knight began writing poetry while an inmate at the Indiana State Prison and published his first collection, Poems from Prison, i...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ray Bobo's mathematical poem

Ray Bobo , a retired Georgetown mathematics professor, has written a love poem with mathematical symbols. And, for those of us who might be...

Monday, June 21, 2010

Poetry with mathematical symbols

On the internet and elsewhere a variety of viewpoints are expressed about the criteria poetry should satisfy to be "mathematical."...

Thursday, April 29, 2010

A Numerical Poem (Fibonacci)

Consider the following poem involving the Fibonacci numbers: 1/89 = .0 + .01 + ...

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