Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
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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.
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
4d ago
March is Women's History Month; March 23 1882 is the birthdate of Emmy Noether (1882-1935). Here is a photo of Noether from a Twitter X posting from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at St. Andrews -- and it is followed by a stanza from a poem about Noether that I was inspired to write many years ago; following those lines, a link to previous poetic postings about Noether in this blog.
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Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
6d ago
This blog has lots of poetry possibilities!
Scroll down and choose a mathy poem!
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Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1w ago
On Saturday, March 23 at 2 PM, a poetry-event is planned at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, California to celebrate the life of poet, math teacher, and activist Amy Uyematsu (1947-2023). It was my pleasure to be connected to Amy via various math-related events and her work has been included in previous postings in this blog. (Here's a link to a list of those earlier posts.)
One of my favorite poems of Amy's is "The Meaning of Zero: A Love Poem." The complete poem is found here at Poets. org and in the collection S ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1w ago
When I pick up a pen to write on a particular subject, often it is useful me to try to follow a pattern for rhymes or syllable-counts -- for the effort to conform to a pattern challenges me to think about my topic in new ways. In the history of poetry, rhyme-choices were frequent--yielding sonnets, villanelles and a variety of other forms.
In recent years, online and printed versions of poems have become very accessible and the principle, "Rhymes help us remember" has become less of a focus in poetry. One of the popular connection ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
2w ago
Soon it will be Pi-Day (3.14) and this year I again call your attention to a poem by one of my long-time favorite poets -- the poem "Pi" by Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012). I offer a portion of the poem below (followed by a link to the complete poem).
from Pi by Wiwlawa Szymborska
(translated from Polish by Clare Cavanaugh and Stanislaw Baranczak (1946-2014)).
The admirable number pi:
three point one four one   ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
2w ago
Now in March -- in Women's History Month -- many writers are taking a bit of extra time to explore the history and achievements of women. It was my delight to find a March 6 posting here on the Poetry Blogging Network with a list of celebrated women in poetry that includes several writers of mathy poems. Of the ten poets listed, the following five have been included in this blog -- in earlier postings. For each, I include a mathy sample and the poet's name is linked to earlier postings that include their work.
Adrienne ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1M ago
A poetry event that I often enjoy is the posting by the Academy of American Poets of a poem-a-day -- today's poem is found here and information about the posting is found here at Poets.org. my background in mathematics helped me to be especially pleased early this month (on 2/2) when the daily poem (written by poet and artist Brad Walrond) was entitled "Calculus I, II, III" -- and if offers reflection on different levels of learning. Below I offer a few lines from the poem; the complete poem is available at this link.
from Calculu ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1M ago
One of my favorite websites to visit is "Poetry and Mathematics" -- a blog from poet Marian Christie. Today I focus on her posting of poems with word-lengths structured by Pascal's Triangle; here is a sample:
Christie's complete Pascal Triangle posting -- with a triangle for each season -- is available at this link.
AND, here is a link to previous connections to Christie and her work in this blog.  ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1M ago
As we study mathematics and learn of outstanding mathematicians, many of us do not also learn which of those mathematicians also were poets. A posting that I found recently in Marian Christie's blog, Poetry and Mathematics, features poetry by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-39).
Maxwell's verse also is featured in the math-poetry anthology, Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics (A.K Peters, Ltd., 2008); preview available here at amazon.com.
Below I offer a stanza fro ..read more
Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics
1M ago
In my recent use of Google -- in search of mathy poems -- I came across this website: 38 Math Poems for Students in All Grade Levels (a featured page at weareteachers.com). It contains these words:
"Poetry can transforms kids’ attitudes about math exponentially!"
Here's a sample.
And here is a link to more about poet Rebecca Kai Dotlich ..read more