Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label square stanza. Show all posts

Showing posts with label square stanza. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Folk music -- counting syllables

Learn about and support Women in Mathematics . One place to do that is here . Using 4x4 and 2x2 syllable-squares, I emphasize the ...

Monday, June 30, 2014

A recent butterfly effect

The term butterfly effect has entered everyday vocabulary from the mathematics of chaos theory and refers to the possibility of a major eve...

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Neglecting important numbers

Not Getting It by JoAnne Growney We want to be cool. We want cool rooms, drinks. With cool mindsets we “forget” t...

Friday, February 1, 2013

Tomorrow is (or is not) Groundhog Day

Last year my February 1 post anticipated Groundhog Day with a poem that mentioned the crop damage that groundhogs do by tunneling unde...

Friday, March 2, 2012

Seeing Distance -- geometry in photography

One of my favorite poem-stanza styles is a syllable-square -- it distributes the weights of the words in a way that pleases me. The poem bel...

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