This poem by recent (2008-2010) poet laureate Kay Ryan at first made me think of calculus, of integration, summing all the thin slices to find the area under a curve. And then the poem moved me on.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Summing thin slices
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Monday, September 20, 2010
The Magic of Numbers -- Kenneth Koch
I first became acquainted with Kenneth Koch (1925-2002) through his small and hugely valuable paperback of teaching strategies, Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry. Later, searching for poems about trains, I stumbled upon "One Train May Hide Another" -- which I return to again and again for its wise beauty. Today I present, for our reflection, Koch's poem, "The Magic of Numbers." Enjoy.
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