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1. UL - January 28, 2008

a lame attempt, but fits I hope

http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/01/overheard.html

2. ...deb - January 28, 2008

This one has a political slant:

Not just politics as usual? It’s a political fib.

3. dale - January 28, 2008

Here’s mine:

http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#3484735406536283144

4. Whirling Dervish - January 28, 2008

This was fun- mine is silly:

http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/inspiration-from-odd-places.html

5. paisley - January 28, 2008

i had wanted to try this form for some time,, so this was a perfect opportunity to do so….

“olive tree”

thanks for the comment notification… i really will be able to keep much better track of the entrants now….

6. gautami - January 28, 2008

I had fun writing this:
poking angles

7. Christine - January 28, 2008

I included geometry in my poem, the only advanced math beyond arithmetic I sort of understood!

a circle

8. Carolee - January 28, 2008

i have a “free write list poem” posted here. it’s about fear and it includes some math, which is scary for me. no password needed on this one b/c it’s just a free write.

i had plans to really work this prompt because the relationship between math and language (and science and language) really inspires me but a year or so ago, i had written a piece about trigonometry and i couldn’t get that one out of my head to start a new one. considering the slim pickings in my brain these days in terms of motivation — and beating myself up about not being motivated — i decided something was better than nothing!

9. Tiel Aisha Ansari - January 28, 2008

Posted this one for Poetry Thursday way back when; it’s still apropos.

Cartesian Sky

10. SB - January 28, 2008

Well. This one got me going. How many poems is this?

what equals metaphor plus math?

11. SB - January 28, 2008

And — having finally learned to not try to post more than one link per comment — this is just for fun: a Real Writer’s Certificate and a Poetic License: I am a Real Writer & I can prove it

12. Wine-dark Sea - January 28, 2008

HREF=”http://winedarksea.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/5/”>#5.

13. Wine-dark Sea - January 28, 2008

#5

14. Linda Jacobs - January 28, 2008

Our school has block scheduling so we get all new kids half way through the year and that is this week. I’d much rather write something new but just can’t find the time right now. Can’t wait to get back on track! In the mean time, here’s a villanelle I wrote last year.

My entry

15. Rob Kistner - January 28, 2008

Technomania

16. paisley - January 28, 2008

it’s me,,, thorn in your side… i checked the box and did not receive any comments… its is ok… i will just shut up and do this the way it was originally planned to be done… you are a doll for trying…..

17. Noah - January 28, 2008

I’ll repost my earlier post.

I wrote a strange poem. Everything is a rough draft for me, so I wouldn’t be surprised, if it was radically different sometime in the future.

http://noahthegreat.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/pathways/

18. Rachel Barenblat - January 29, 2008

This prompt was well-timed for me! I wrote a poem called Gematria.

19. diatribalArts - January 29, 2008

much more difficult then first anticipated. not perfect but worthwhile…

http://diatribalarts.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/her-hands-are-cold/

20. John - January 29, 2008

I think this is appropriate: 11.27 does not equal 12

21. jillypoet - January 30, 2008

For me, math is the impossible (I’m an artist, is my excuse…). From the impossible, I wrote June Cleaver Makes Much of Winter

Comments & critique welcome!

22. sister AE - January 30, 2008

This prompt led me down memory lane.

http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/01/math-poem.html

23. Linda Jacobs - January 30, 2008

Honestly, mathematics does nothing for me but this incident was too priceless to pass up…and it involves numbers!

here

24. Holly Mac - January 31, 2008

This is an old one, but it fits the prompt surprisingly well.

http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/01/poetry-of-logical-ideas.html

25. TIV - February 3, 2008

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cat based on Wallace Stevens Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. I have decided that the way for me to learn poetry is to study and imitate poems one by one. This just happened to fit with this prompt to some degree.


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