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.
A website that I enjoy visiting and one that many current math teachers could enjoy visiting often is
Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math – Helping families to learn and enjoy math together.
Learn more about Gaskins here in this biographical sketch -- and enjoy her Let's Play Math blog. Here is a link to a posting with several mathy poems: Math Makers: Write a Poem – Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math. Here is one of my favorite examples of her postings:
Journaling Prompt 20: Math Poetry: The Square
Recently I found (on X @letsplaymath) this thoughtful and poetic musing by Denise Gaskins :
Mathematical beauty
is when our mind's eye is opened
to see something new -- or
to see something old in a new light.
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