I often struggle to appreciate the poems of others.
But due to the uniqueness of your poem I made a greater effort to restrain my broken brain to help my mind to see your poem’s beauty.
There seemed to be a kind of genius in the simple parts.
The more complex parts forced me to fully engage my logical mind to connect with them on a level that I could understand.
Your poem is beautiful. Though I feel a bit sad that I am likely not connecting with the beauty of your poem on the same level as you are due to my mind’s natural inclinations to see the universe in a very different way than your natural inclinations seem to.
This is lovely, and quite profound. Love or hate is the fruit born of language & deed, depending on choice or experience. Mathematics is the universal language, with all its potential to bring about great triumphs or cause unfortunate struggles.
Saddens me now when “new math” or “common core” standards are softened, so getting close enough is deemed worthy. Tell that to any engineer, architect, baker, etc., that getting close enough will produce effective results.
“to know mathematics is to understand the power
of silence” — brilliant!
Thank you!! That means a lot from my favorite living poet!
Beautiful.
I often struggle to appreciate the poems of others.
But due to the uniqueness of your poem I made a greater effort to restrain my broken brain to help my mind to see your poem’s beauty.
There seemed to be a kind of genius in the simple parts.
The more complex parts forced me to fully engage my logical mind to connect with them on a level that I could understand.
Your poem is beautiful. Though I feel a bit sad that I am likely not connecting with the beauty of your poem on the same level as you are due to my mind’s natural inclinations to see the universe in a very different way than your natural inclinations seem to.
This is lovely, and quite profound. Love or hate is the fruit born of language & deed, depending on choice or experience. Mathematics is the universal language, with all its potential to bring about great triumphs or cause unfortunate struggles.
Saddens me now when “new math” or “common core” standards are softened, so getting close enough is deemed worthy. Tell that to any engineer, architect, baker, etc., that getting close enough will produce effective results.
/1/ Thanks.
/2/ Your last stanza made me wish 'mathematics' was a verb.
/3/ Along the way I stumbled upon a book (Benson, /The Moment of Proof/, https://archive.org/details/momentofproofmat00bens/ ) which, if you haven't read it yet, you might enjoy.
I've always been a sucker for math (and physics) metaphors.