Poetry Thursday #5
Today's assignment--a poem with math terms. Plane geometry in my sophomore year in high school was the only math class I ever liked. So here's the poem.
by Norma Bruce
Feb. 1, 2007
You're the only one I ever loved.
Degenerate and full of sin--
your height, your legs
and references to horizontal.
I so me try.
It wasn't meant to be.
I was too square and plane--
just a double cone
melting under Golden spiral rays.
I some try.
You were one dimensional,
between radical and mean,
with just the line
to touch my obtuse midpoint--
Is o me try.
Before I go on a tangent--
Upon reflection
I no longer flip over your
face or cute little axis.
You are zero to me now.
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Hi Norma. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Your poem gives me a chuckle, thinking of all the lines trying meet up. Do you think they use dating sites?
Rose
Very clever (and funny). Good use of the prompt!
I laughed out loud.
"you are zero to me now"
I like this!
gautami
Straight Curves
Love the evolution of the last line. Yes.
So so clever! I love the conjugations of isometry - well done!
Oh Norma just FABULOUS. And I don't use that word lightly. Your last lines for each stanza: so perfect, and of course, as many have said, teh final line, and the one before it: had me laughing with delight. Smart great work. I had a crush on someone in sophomore year high school geometry class. Can't say as much for the class itself though...
Neat play on words. I notice we both used some of the same terms! I too liked the different ways you approached "isometry"
Very clever wordplay.
"your cute little axis"- hmm... where would that be exactly?
Very clever poem...
Hi Norma :),
I joined PT recently. I used to teach Geometry and other math before switching my career totally over to art and writing. This is so clever! I like the lilt to the writing and the plays on words. I'm smiling. Nicely done!
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