by Christine Swint
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a lame attempt, but fits I hope
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/01/overheard.html
This one has a political slant:
Not just politics as usual? It’s a political fib.
Here’s mine:
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#3484735406536283144
This was fun- mine is silly:
http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/inspiration-from-odd-places.html
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….
I had fun writing this:
poking angles
I included geometry in my poem, the only advanced math beyond arithmetic I sort of understood!
a circle
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!
Posted this one for Poetry Thursday way back when; it’s still apropos.
Cartesian Sky
Well. This one got me going. How many poems is this?
what equals metaphor plus math?
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
HREF=”http://winedarksea.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/5/”>#5.
#5
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
Technomania
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…..
I’ll repost my earlier post.
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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/
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This prompt was well-timed for me! I wrote a poem called Gematria.
much more difficult then first anticipated. not perfect but worthwhile…
http://diatribalarts.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/her-hands-are-cold/
I think this is appropriate: 11.27 does not equal 12
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!
This prompt led me down memory lane.
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/01/math-poem.html
Honestly, mathematics does nothing for me but this incident was too priceless to pass up…and it involves numbers!
here
This is an old one, but it fits the prompt surprisingly well.
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/01/poetry-of-logical-ideas.html
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.