On April 24 I had the pleasure of reading at the Nora School with Martin Dickinson and Michele Wolf. Back in March I had posted Dickinson's "Homage to Euclid" but mathematics is not a a focus of Wolf's work. However, her poem below about Barbie has numbers, and any mention of Barbie reminds me of the controversy over "math is hard" -- one of the speeches uttered by an early 90's version of this doll. (Please visit this posting from June 14, 2010 -- on "Girls and Mathematics" for additional Barbie-comments and more Barbie poetry.) Here, now, please enjoy Wolf's poem:
Barbie Slits Open Her Direct-Mail Offer to Join AARP
by Michele Wolf
My worth is most inflated when, on tiptoes, I pose
In my original box, never handled, especially if I date
Back to '59 or '60. But that is rare. I am more used
To breaking out, to being the damp flamingo
Pecking to leave the shell. I prefer moving forward.
I was an astronaut in '65, a surgeon in '73. Last year
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Squares of Climate Concern
The square (with as many lines as syllables per line) is a poetry-form that has existed for centuries and is now enjoying a revival. Here are three small squares that come from my concerns for the precarious imbalances we humans have created within our natural environment.
There is no
place to throw
that's away.
There is no
place to throw
that's away.
Labels:
environment,
iceberg,
JoAnne Growney,
mathematics,
metaphor,
square,
square poem
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