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 perfect. Show all posts

Showing posts with label perfect. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A Fib (a perfect circle) -- and some math-po links

1 Not 1 one 2 circle 3 is perfect 5 yet the idea 8 of circle's useful ever...

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

A 6 x 6 syllable-square -- and links to more . . .

Last Sunday's paper had an essay by a clown who said as long as I play dumb people let me ...

Thursday, September 24, 2015

C K Williams -- Three Mile Island

A poet whose work I have long enjoyed, C K Williams (1936-1915), died a few days ago. (You may find a generous sample of his poems online...

Monday, February 10, 2014

To love, in perfect syllables

While looking for Valentine verse with a math connection, I opened my copy of The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll (Chancel...

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Conversational mathematics

In recent weeks I have been experimenting with poems that use mathematical terminology, wondering whether -- since there are readers who are...

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