Here is a reflective poem by San Diego poet Ben Doller (found also at Poets.org and included here with permission of the poet).
Proportion by Ben Doller
Just want things
proportional.
Just things,
not all.
Not kings, kings
should be below:
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Showing posts with label proportion. Show all posts
Monday, June 20, 2016
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Puzzle poems from Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker (1731 - 1806) was a free African American mathematician and almanac author -- also an astronomer, surveyor, and farmer. (I learned of his work through my friend Greg Coxson, an engineer, teacher, and fan of mathematical poetry -- and Coxson learned of Banneker through a school project of his son.) Beyond building a wooden clock and helping to lay out the borders of Washington, DC, Banneker predicted the 1789 solar eclipse and included rhyming math puzzles in his almanac. Coxson introduced me to a fine website, established by by John F. Mahoney of Washington, DC's Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, entitled The Mathematical Puzzles of Benjamin Banneker.
Banneker's Almanack had an eclectic mix of astronomy/astrology, medical advice, weather prediction, and other things. Here's a math-problem-poem from that Almanack -- found, along with others, at Mahoney's site:
Banneker's Almanack had an eclectic mix of astronomy/astrology, medical advice, weather prediction, and other things. Here's a math-problem-poem from that Almanack -- found, along with others, at Mahoney's site:
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Poems with Fibonacci number patterns
In 21st century poetry, there are a variety of non-rhyming forms--and several of them have derived from the Fibonacci numbers.* The Danish poet, Inger Christensen (1935-2009), wrote a book-length poem, alphabet (New Directions, 2000) in which the numbers of lines in stanzas followed the sequence of Fibonacci numbers. "Fibonacci," shown below, by Judith Baumel is a shorter example of this form.
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