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/ .

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Poetry as Pure Mathematics

A recent email from Portuguese mathematician-poet F J "Francisco" Craveiro de Carvalho brought a 40-year-old stanza to my attent...

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Amounting to Something

From the Fall/Winter 2013 issue of Poet Lore , a poem by David Wagoner about the arithmetic of expectations: Amounting to Something ...

Thursday, April 7, 2011

A poetic perspective on algebra

Last Monday (April 4), the Washington Post had an article concerning the value of Algebra II as a predictor of college and work succ...

Monday, May 10, 2010

Margaret Cavendish (1623-73) -- The Circle of the Brain cannot be Squared

Margaret Cavendish (1623-73) was a writer who published under her own name at a time when most women published anonymously. Her writing ad...

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