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 war. Show all posts

Showing posts with label war. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mother Courage -- and speaking of opposites

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a poet , but I have not found mathematics in his poems. Still, I want to note here a fantastic perform...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Haiku to Mars -- select and vote

Each of us may now (July 15 - 29) vote for one of the thousands of Haiku submitted to NASA's "Haiku for Mars" contest. T...

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Counting the dead

This poem by Joan Mazza heightens the impact of war-data by bringing it into the kitchen and the office -- juxtaposing war-numbers with t...

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Arithmetic of war

In his poem, "Arithmetic on the Frontier," Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) wrote of Britain's nineteenth century military a...

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