Showing posts sorted by date for query haiku. Sort by relevance Show all posts
Showing posts sorted by date for query haiku. Sort by relevance Show all posts
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Browse Math-Poetry Links . . .
Today I invite you to browse -- to spend a moment reading titles, clicking on a title that intrigues you. ENJOY!
Monday, December 16, 2019
Writing to Learn -- try Haiku
Some of us learn a concept best when we write about it -- taking notes in class or while reading OR simply exploring our mind's thoughts. Recently I discovered (in AAAS Science Magazine) these "Elemental Haiku" by Mary Soon Lee -- offering a Haiku for each element in the periodic table.
For example, for Silicon (Si, atomic number 13) we find this:
Trying to find a Haiku to describe ALGEBRA, I came up with this:
For example, for Silicon (Si, atomic number 13) we find this:
Locked in rock and sand,
age upon age awaiting
the digital dawn.
Trying to find a Haiku to describe ALGEBRA, I came up with this:
Learn to represent
problems using equations--
then learn to solve them!
To explore previous postings of Haiku in this blog, here's a link!
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Playing with permutations of the nouns of a poem
Founded in 1960, OULIPO (short for French: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle) has been active in the exploration of the effects of constraints or arbitrary rules in the production of literature.
Developed in the 13th century, the sonnet
(with 14 lines, 10 syllables per line and a prescribed rhyme scheme)
is a well-known member of these "constrained" forms. The Haiku is another.
Published in 2005, the Oulipo Compendium, Revised and Updated (edited by Harry Mathews and Alastair Brioche, Make Now Press, Los Angeles) contains definitions and examples of a large variety of rule-following writing. On page 173 we find some interesting comments about language by French poet Jean Lescure (1912-2005):
" . . . Lescure remarks that we frequently have the impression
that language in itself 'has something to say' and that nowhere
is this impression more evident than in its possibilities for permutation.
They are enough to teach us that to listen we must be silent;
enough to transform a well-oiled bicycle into a well-boiled icicle."
Developed in the 13th century, the sonnet
(with 14 lines, 10 syllables per line and a prescribed rhyme scheme)
is a well-known member of these "constrained" forms. The Haiku is another.
Published in 2005, the Oulipo Compendium, Revised and Updated (edited by Harry Mathews and Alastair Brioche, Make Now Press, Los Angeles) contains definitions and examples of a large variety of rule-following writing. On page 173 we find some interesting comments about language by French poet Jean Lescure (1912-2005):
" . . . Lescure remarks that we frequently have the impression
that language in itself 'has something to say' and that nowhere
is this impression more evident than in its possibilities for permutation.
They are enough to teach us that to listen we must be silent;
enough to transform a well-oiled bicycle into a well-boiled icicle."
Monday, September 16, 2019
Beautiful algebra -- a Haiku
One of my recent discoveries has been the POEM GENERATOR website at https://www.poem-generator.org.uk/. In particular, I have used it to help me to generate Haiku to celebrate special birthdays. Typically, the generator offers me a Haiku that does not quite satisfy me -- and I tweak it a bit. STILL, the website deserves most of the credit -- for it has given me a basis to mold. This morning, I have used the site to help me generate a math-Haiku:
Beautiful - A Haiku by https://www.poem-generator.org.uk/haiku and JoAnne
Abstract algebra --
creations beautiful, so
useful, breathtaking.
Beautiful - A Haiku by https://www.poem-generator.org.uk/haiku and JoAnne
Abstract algebra --
creations beautiful, so
useful, breathtaking.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
As in mathematics--a lot in a few words--in Haiku
Recently on a visit to the website Singapore Math I found dozens of "mathematical" Haiku -- and I offer several below. Still more Haiku may be found at "The Republic of Mathematics" (a blog curated by Gary E. Davis), including a link to Haiku by Daniel Mathews.
Haiku are three-line poems that often -- but not always -- conform to a 5-7-5 syllable count. With their brevity they often resemble mathematics in that they have condensed a large amount of meainng into a few words.
Haiku are three-line poems that often -- but not always -- conform to a 5-7-5 syllable count. With their brevity they often resemble mathematics in that they have condensed a large amount of meainng into a few words.
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Singapore Math
Monday, March 18, 2019
Looking back . . . titles, links to previous posts
For your browsing pleasure,here are titles and links to previous blog postings. Below are listed linked-titles of posts from 2018 and up-to now in 2019 and here is a link to a list of titles and links for posts prior to 2018.
- March 13 An Interview of/by a Mathy Poet
- March 11 Celebrate Pi-Day on 3.14
- March 6 Celebrate Math-Women with Poems!
- March 4 Math in 17 Syllables
- Solving for X, Searching for LIFE
- Stories of Black Mathematicians (event postponed)
- All Numbers are Interesting . . .
- George Washington, cherry tree, lifespan . . .
- Musical sounds of math words -- in a CENTO
- If 2017 was a poem title . . .
- Mathematics and Valentine's Day
- Speed flunking math . . . NO, NO!
- Quantum Lyrics -- Poems
Monday, March 4, 2019
Math in 17 Syllables
Counting syllables is an aspect of poetry that often interests math-people. -- and when Haiku are composed in English, these three-line poems mostly obey the 5-7-5 syllable counts. Here is a sample from Melbourne mathematician Daniel Mathews. Lots more of Mathews' Haiku are found here.
During the years of this blog, lots of different entries have celebrated the mathy Haiku -- this link leads to the results of a blog-SEARCH using "Haiku."
Maths haikus are hard
All the words are much too big
Like homeomorphic.
During the years of this blog, lots of different entries have celebrated the mathy Haiku -- this link leads to the results of a blog-SEARCH using "Haiku."
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Math-themed -- and seasonal -- Haiku
Artist and computer scientist Stephen Luecking, now retired from teaching at DePaul University, has sent me some of his Haiku with mathematical imagery; enjoy!
fractals vein the leaves
swirling in random descent
autumn winds howling
crystal hexagons
drifting from darkening clouds
earth sleeps in white gown
Monday, August 20, 2018
Celebrating Visual Poetry
One of my delights in both poetry and mathematics is the multiplicity of meanings that come from careful attention to a particular text. Today I have been revisiting the work of visual-poets Robert "Bob" Grumman (1941-2015) and Karl Kempton and loving the surprises as I rediscover them. Visual-mathematical poet Kazmier Maslanka in his blog, "Mathematical Poetry," generously features the work of many other poets beside his own -- and here (from this link) is one of Kempton's poems:
by Karl Kempton |
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Linking mathematics to the rest . . .
Today my obtuse anger is rightly directed toward G. H. Hardy (1877-1947) and to the followers who have accepted his view -- in his 1940 treatise, A Mathematician's Apology -- that explaining and appreciating mathematics is work for second-rate minds. Despite his worthy achievements in number theory and analysis and his nurturing of Ramanujan, Hardy's words should not stand forth and belittle those who teach and explain and forge connections between mathematics and all the rest.
An wonderful and ongoing source of integration of mathematics with the arts is the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics -- and I invite you to go to the current issue and browse there OR go to this link for more than thirty pages of mathematical Haiku.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Mathematical images via Haiku
Musing
So many versions
of the truth -- mathematics
always one of them.
The recent issue of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics includes not only a variety of poems linked to mathematics -- it also has a special treat: a folder of Haiku -- 31 pages with contributions by 31 different writers. One of these contributors is Hannah Lewis and she has given me permission to share her work. Here are Hannah's Haiku:
But, Why?
x equals y, but—
why? dig deeper and all your
answers will unearth.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Blog history -- title, links for previous posts . . .
My first posting in this blog was nearly eight years ago (on March 23, 2010). If, at the time, I had anticipated its duration, I should have made a plan for organizing the posts. But my ambitions were small. During the time I was teaching mathematics at Bloomsburg University, I gathered poetry (and various historical materials) for assigned readings to enrich the students' course experiences. After my retirement, I had time to want to share these materials -- others were doing well at making historical material accessible to students but I thought poetry linked to mathematics needed to be shared more. And so, with my posting of a poem I had written long ago celebrating the mathematical life of Emmy Noether, this blog began. Particular topics featured often in postings include -- verse that celebrate women, verses that speak out against discrimination, verses that worry about climate change.
You're invited to:Scroll through the titles below, browsing to find items of interest
among the more-than-nine-hundred postings since March 2010
OR
Click on any label -- a list is found in the right-hand column below the author profile
OR
Enter term(s) in the SEARCH box -- and find all posts containing those terms.
For example, here is a link to the results of a SEARCH using math women
And here is a link to a poem by Brian McCabe that celebrates math-woman Sophie Germain.
This link reaches a poem by Joan Cannon that laments her math-anxiety.
This poem expresses some of my own divided feelings.
2017 Posts
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
November 1 deadline for Math Haiku
The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics has issued a call for Mathematical Haiku -- follow this link for the guidelines and instructions on how to submit your work. Since I did not, at first, understand that the submission request is for only three Haiku, I gathered more. Here are several of my leftovers -- involving multi-syllabic mathematical terms -- that I was not able to include in my submission:
Algebra
axiomatic
associativity
isomorphism
Calculus
differentiate
enthusiastically
conditionally
Geometry
non-Euclidean
axiomatization
parallelism
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
They Say She Was Good -- for a Woman
Regulars to this blog know of my appreciation and support for the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics -- an online journal that publishes poetry and fiction as well as articles that link the arts with mathematics. Bravo to editors Gizem Karaali and Mark Huber -- a new issue (Vol. 7, Issue 2) has come online today.
I am honored to announce that my article, "They Say She Was Good -- for a Woman," -- a collection of poems and musings about women in mathematics (and featuring a poem about Emmy Noether) -- is part of the current issue.
Other key items in this issue of JHM that I have already found time to enjoy include a visual poem of geometry and numbers by Sara Katz, a collection of poems about "infinity" by Pam Lewis, a review of poetry anthologies by Robin Chapman, a call (deadline, 11/1/17) for "mathematical" Haiku; a call (deadline 1/1/2018) for papers on mathematics and motherhood. Go to the Table of Contents and enjoy it ALL.
I am honored to announce that my article, "They Say She Was Good -- for a Woman," -- a collection of poems and musings about women in mathematics (and featuring a poem about Emmy Noether) -- is part of the current issue.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Math-Stat Awareness Month -- find a poem!
APRIL is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
AND
National Poetry Month!
Celebrate with a MATHY POEM, found here in this blog! Scroll down!
AND
National Poetry Month!
Celebrate with a MATHY POEM, found here in this blog! Scroll down!
If you are looking for mathy poems on a particular topic, the SEARCH box in the right-column may help you find them. For example, here is a link to posts found when I searched using the term "parallel." And here are posts that include the term "angle." To find a list of additional useful search terms, scroll down the right-hand column.
For your browsing pleasure, here are the titles and dates of previous blog postings,
moving backward from the present. Enjoy!
Mar 31 Math and poetry in filmMar 28 Split this Rock, Freedom Plow Award, April 21
Mar 27 Math-themed poems at Poets.org
Mar 23 Remember Emmy Noether!
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
December 2016 (and prior) -- titles, dates of posts
Here are the titles and dates of previous blog postings,
moving backward from the present.
For mathy poems related to a particular mathy topic -- such as women in math or climate or triangle or circle or teacher or . . . -- click on a selected title below or enter the desired term in the SEARCH box in the right-hand column. For example, here is a link to a selection of poems found using the pair of search terms "women equal." For poems about calculus, follow this link. To find a list of useful search terms, scroll down the right-hand column.
Dec 31 Happy New Year! -- Resolve to REWARD WOMEN!
Dec 27 Celebrate Vera Rubin -- a WOMAN of science!
Dec 26 Post-Christmas reflections from W. H. Auden
Dec 19 Numbers for Christmas . . .
Dec 15 Remembering Thomas Schelling (1921-2016)
Dec 12 When one isn't enough ... words from a Cuban poet
Dec 31 Happy New Year! -- Resolve to REWARD WOMEN!
Dec 27 Celebrate Vera Rubin -- a WOMAN of science!
Dec 26 Post-Christmas reflections from W. H. Auden
Dec 19 Numbers for Christmas . . .
Dec 15 Remembering Thomas Schelling (1921-2016)
Dec 12 When one isn't enough ... words from a Cuban poet
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
A number tells the story -- in these Haiku
One of my neighbors, Carol, has been cleaning out bookshelves and offered me her old copy of Gary Snyder's collection, The Back Country (New Directions, 1971) -- and in it I have found four pages of "Hitch Haiku." Three of these little poems each depend on a number -- and I offer them below.
A truck went by
three hours ago:
Smoke Creek desert
dumpt off the fantail
falling six miles
Stray white mare
neck rope dangling
forty miles from farms.
A truck went by
three hours ago:
Smoke Creek desert
Over the Mindano Deep
Scrap brassdumpt off the fantail
falling six miles
Stray white mare
neck rope dangling
forty miles from farms.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
"The Giraffe" -- a poem for my pocket
I've found the poem I want to carry in my pocket (and in my head) on "Poem in Your Pocket Day" -- coming soon on April 21. It includes at least one number; here it is:
The Giraffe by Ron Padgett
The 2 f's
in giraffe
are like
2 giraffes
running through
the word giraffe
The 2 f's
run through giraffe
like 2 giraffes.
The Giraffe by Ron Padgett
The 2 f's
in giraffe
are like
2 giraffes
running through
the word giraffe
The 2 f's
run through giraffe
like 2 giraffes.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
2014 (and prior) -- titles, dates of posts
Scroll
down to find titles and dates of posts in 2014. At the bottom are links to lists of posts through 2013 and 2012 and 2011 -- and all the way back to March 2010 when this
blog was begun. This link leads to a PDF file that lists searchable topics and names of poets and mathematicians presented herein.
Dec 30 Be someone TO COUNT ON in 2015
Dec 28 A Fractal Poem
Dec 25 A thousand Christmas trees
Dec 24 The gift of a poem
Dec 20 The Girl Who Loved Triangles
Dec 30 Be someone TO COUNT ON in 2015
Dec 28 A Fractal Poem
Dec 25 A thousand Christmas trees
Dec 24 The gift of a poem
Dec 20 The Girl Who Loved Triangles
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
A mathy Haiku
Found at the froth magazine website, this Haiku by Christopher Daniel Wallbank.
Mathematics
I, mathematics,
One plus root five over 2.
My soul is golden.
Here is a link to another mathy froth poem, this one "Division" by Ryley-Sue.
Mathematics
I, mathematics,
One plus root five over 2.
My soul is golden.
Note: In mathematics, two quantities p and q (p>q) are in the golden ratio
if the ratio p/q is equal to the ratio (p+q)/q. The value of the
golden ratio --
often represented by the Greek letter phi (φ) -- is
1.618... or (1+√5)/2.
Here is a link to another mathy froth poem, this one "Division" by Ryley-Sue.
Labels:
Christopher Daniel Wallbank,
froth,
golden ratio,
haiku,
mathematics,
Ryley-Sue,
square root
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