My Twentieth Year - 4. polynomial

Well, I'm certainly no one to comment on poetry, least of all involving mathematics. I'll defer to Parker, accomplished in both those fields, for the polynomiantics comments.

But I will say I enjoyed the first poem immensely. There is great truth hidden under that rug.

On 01/19/2016 04:25 AM, skinnydragon said:

Well, I'm certainly no one to comment on poetry, least of all involving mathematics. I'll defer to Parker, accomplished in both those fields, for the polynomiantics comments.

 

But I will say I enjoyed the first poem immensely. There is great truth hidden under that rug.

Thanks for the review, Mr. Dragon! I'm glad you liked the efforts concerning the goose and rug-bug... As for the other, I too will let Parker comment...but, is the word 'polynomiantics' or 'polymetricials'?! Parker, help!

After putting us through the ins and outs of haiku it is a joy to see one you wrote in an earlier stage of your life. Having the rules explained and been able to experiment with them, it is so much easier to appreciate it.
The bug poem is both witty and deep and still viable in a time we also have bugs in our computers.
A polynomial would certainly not be a subject for an ode for me. Algebra and me are mortal enemies. So I can only say I like the form, the contents is unintelligible to me. As Parker sanctioned the contents I willingly refer myself to his verdict.

Have zero to say about the math thing other than you're a brave man to do it, since I know you are not a math fan.
Loved the Haiku
Laughed at the bug/god rug thing... at least i hope i was supposed to laugh. Glad to know you weren't toooo serious all the time back then.
nice AC
tim

The math poem is strangely mesmerising. Perhaps because I really don't understand it. LOL It has a rythm to it that made me read it out loud. It feels like singing in a language I don't speak. Beautiful but very hard to grasp.

I read the polynomial poem out loud because it just seems like it should be read out loud. lol It actually reminded me of when I used to read Dr. Seuss to the kids with all the rhyming: "And an a to the cee with a double of bee all the way to zee, but don't forget the gee with mee and a tee, kayy?"

I really like how your twenty-year-old mind worked, AC!

I love the goose with wordless feathers image. What a metaphor. How did that manage to lie so still for twenty plus years?
God in a bug reminds me of a poem that refuses to come back time right now, about a man observing an insect crawling across a page. But the bug of course has God within, which may lead to paradoxes described, of taken too literally. There's a lesson there about scripture and poetry in there somewhere.
And of course, I'm tickled with Polynomial. Din't suppose you're going to do one on 'differential' anytime soon?

I'm with Parker about the 'goose with worthless feathers' line. Perfect. I will think of that when I see certain people. The polynomial let me think of the pq-formula song, I don't know if there is something similar in English. (will Google this later) I hate bugs.

On 01/19/2016 04:59 AM, J.HunterDunn said:

After putting us through the ins and outs of haiku it is a joy to see one you wrote in an earlier stage of your life. Having the rules explained and been able to experiment with them, it is so much easier to appreciate it.

The bug poem is both witty and deep and still viable in a time we also have bugs in our computers.

A polynomial would certainly not be a subject for an ode for me. Algebra and me are mortal enemies. So I can only say I like the form, the contents is unintelligible to me. As Parker sanctioned the contents I willingly refer myself to his verdict.

Thank you, Peter! As I mentioned in reply to your last review, there was another sight out a dorm room window that inspired a poem. The goose Haiku, in fact

At the latitude I went to school, the Canadian geese gather for winter and to brood their eggs. My university had acres and acres of wooded land featuring a natural lake in the center. This was full of geese in winter, and one foggy day there was thump and shriek from the neighboring room. A goose in mid-flight and flown into the window and knocked itself a bit silly. Fortunately there was a wide ledge, so the creature stood there for a few minutes collecting its wits and then flew off. [[btw, all the forest was felled and a truly horrible commercial office park was built by lease from the university. The school now officially has no expansion room. The geese were deemed a 'nuisance' and efforts to keep them homeless childless have been mostly successful.]]

Thanks for your comments on the bug-rug poem and the math one as well.

On 01/19/2016 08:42 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Have zero to say about the math thing other than you're a brave man to do it, since I know you are not a math fan.

Loved the Haiku

Laughed at the bug/god rug thing... at least i hope i was supposed to laugh. Glad to know you weren't toooo serious all the time back then.

nice AC

tim

Thank you, Tim! I'm pretty sure the math poem was something I was doing for an assignment, and it just caught my eye in a different way than it was intended.

Rest assured, you were supposed to laugh as the bug/god thing, so I'm glad you did.

And actually, I'm pretty silly all the time. I just 'clean up' fairly seriously

On 01/19/2016 08:53 AM, Puppilull said:

The math poem is strangely mesmerising. Perhaps because I really don't understand it. LOL It has a rythm to it that made me read it out loud. It feels like singing in a language I don't speak. Beautiful but very hard to grasp.

Thank you, Puppilull! I'm fairly certain I was drawn to do the Polynomial poem for the exact reasons you say. It was beautiful as a series of sounds, and hypnotic too because it has the force of the language of mathematics behind it.

On 01/19/2016 02:09 PM, Lisa said:

I read the polynomial poem out loud because it just seems like it should be read out loud. lol It actually reminded me of when I used to read Dr. Seuss to the kids with all the rhyming: "And an a to the cee with a double of bee all the way to zee, but don't forget the gee with mee and a tee, kayy?"

 

I really like how your twenty-year-old mind worked, AC!

Thank you, Lisa! I'm not sure how my mind was working back then, but the math poem was meant to be heard out loud, so I'm glad it moved you to try it that way Plus, being compared to Dr. Seuss is a great honor (even if only incidentally…)

On 01/19/2016 02:09 PM, Parker Owens said:

I love the goose with wordless feathers image. What a metaphor. How did that manage to lie so still for twenty plus years?

God in a bug reminds me of a poem that refuses to come back time right now, about a man observing an insect crawling across a page. But the bug of course has God within, which may lead to paradoxes described, of taken too literally. There's a lesson there about scripture and poetry in there somewhere.

And of course, I'm tickled with Polynomial. Din't suppose you're going to do one on 'differential' anytime soon?

Thanks, Parker. I think I can confidently say I do not have an Ode to Differential Functions in me…at least…not at this time. Check back with me in another 20-or-so years

I love what you say about the goose poem needing to be 'out there' – as in published. That's very awesome to hear. I love your feed back on the rug-bug poem too.

You do my heart good!

On 01/20/2016 12:27 AM, aditus said:

I'm with Parker about the 'goose with worthless feathers' line. Perfect. I will think of that when I see certain people. The polynomial let me think of the pq-formula song, I don't know if there is something similar in English. (will Google this later) I hate bugs.

Thank you, Adi! It's great to hear you single out the goose poem too. I'd like to see – but not meet, lol – the certain people who could do with some silent feathers

Thanks again!