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Cicadas, Gene Grabiner
Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar
Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This is a love poem for mathematics.
16, Dan Mcquillan
16, Dan Mcquillan
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This 15 word poem suggests that the reader count the words of the poem. Since every line has half as many words as the previous line, and since the poem urges the reader to keep counting forever, one imagines a total of 16 words.
Discriminant, Lauren K. Carlson
Discriminant, Lauren K. Carlson
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This poem is a reaction to a poem written about being forced to take a Home Economics class in the 1960's. As a woman born subsequent to this time period, I was never forced to study home economics, but was required to study pre-calculus. Unfortunately, at the time I could not appreciate this requirement. The irony of my poem is that it celebrates the subject it claims to reject.
This poem also suggests that gender discrimination requires a more complex solution than merely discontinuing home economics, and doing so limits the choices feminism intends to protect. Rejecting gender roles may …
An Algorithm For Counting The Hair On Your Head, Eli M. Barr
An Algorithm For Counting The Hair On Your Head, Eli M. Barr
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
A comedic poem which uses the form of an algorithm for poetic effect.
Moving Between Inner And Outer Worlds, Lawrence M. Lesser
Moving Between Inner And Outer Worlds, Lawrence M. Lesser
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This poetry folder consists of the author’s introductory reflection followed by ten new poems that connect explicitly or implicitly to mathematics, statistics, or the teaching and learning of that content.