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| Fun fact: Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day—March 14, 1879. |
Mathematics and poetry are the two ways to drink the beauty of truth.
– Amit Ray
Problem in a Math Book
I remember a problem in a math book
about a train that leaves from place A and another train
that leaves from place B. When will they meet?
And no one ever asked what happens when they meet:
will they stop or pass each other by, or maybe collide?
Read the rest of the poem at Poetry Foundation.
Song from π, by aSongScout
For more about how this song was written, click HERE.
The power of x
Choreographed by I Could Never Be a Dancer
Now it's your turn!
WRITE A FIBONACCI (FIB) POEM
A poetic form created by Greg Pincus that plays off the mathematical Fibonacci sequence, a "Fib" is a six line, 20 syllable poem in which each line gets its syllable count from following the Fibonacci sequence. This means the six lines have syllable counts of 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 respectively. Some would say the first number of the Fibonacci sequence is actually a zero, so imagine every Fib starting with a beat of silence.
WRITE A PI POEM
These are the first 20 digits of pi: 3.14159265358979323846 (or, if you're particularly ambitious, the first million digits). Choose one of the following variations:
- The first line of your poem should have 3 WORDS; the second line, 1 word; the third line, 4 words; and so forth. Your poem can be as long as you like, so long as you keep to the sequence.
- The first line of your poem should have 3 SYLLABLES, the second line, 1 syllable, the third line, 4 syllables, and so forth. You get the idea.
- Each word in your poem must contain the same number of LETTERS as the sequence of pi. Line breaks are up to you.
If you leave your poems in the comments, I'd love to read them!
(But no million-digit pi poems, please.)
April 2: Hans Christian Andersen
April 4: Joseph Campbell and Fabien Weibel
April 5: Salvador Dalí and Pilobolus
April 6: Jacob Nordby and Talking Animals
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This week's Poetry Friday roundup is being hosted by Janice Scully at Salt City Verse. She shares a wonderful book review and interview with David Elliott about his newest children's poetry collection, At the Pond.
You'll find the National Poetry Month kidlit events roundup at Jama's Alphabet Soup.
