Subject, Structure, and Metaphor in Mathematical Poetry
Proceedings of Bridges 2023: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 595–600
Workshop Papers
Abstract
Poetry and mathematics share attention to human understanding in ways that contain both precision and depth; poetry in distillation of thought into words and mathematics into symbols and numbers. The interface of poetry and mathematics often brings a fresh and insightful energy to the process. In this workshop, participants will explore poetry involving mathematics as subject, structure, and metaphor. Participants will read poems, discuss them, and write their own in each of these categories. The workshop will emphasize how these exercises can be used in the classroom but should be helpful to any who write poetry.