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    Parker Owens
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Occasional Poetry - 8. Tanka #1

Written in response to Poetry Prompt #1.
All errors are my own.

Tanka #1

 

With fear and trembling

I submit my words; wider

audiences to

read my fool's ephemera.

Can mathematics teachers

do anything besides count?

em>Oh, the anguish of the numerically literate, but linguistically challenged.
Copyright © 2017 Parker Owens; All Rights Reserved.
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Drew Espinosa

Yep, mathematicians can do more than count, all of your poems and prose prove it. This Tanka reinforces that :)

 

Parker, I love it! :hug:

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Puppilull

LOL You are hardly challenged Mr Writer man! But poetry is scary, since it's so much more emotional. You're off to a flying start!

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Parker Owens
On 01/07/2016 04:10 AM, aditus said:

Yes we can! *hides* Quod est demonstrandum.

LOL, QED! And our humor now we see.

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Headstall

Obviously the answer is yes... your trepidation was presented in such a way as to be charming... I loved it... cheers... Gary...

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On 01/07/2016 04:26 AM, Drew Espinosa said:

Yep, mathematicians can do more than count, all of your poems and prose prove it. This Tanka reinforces that :)

 

Parker, I love it! :hug:

Thought you'd get a kick out of that. :) Thanks, Drew!

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On 01/07/2016 04:34 AM, Puppilull said:

LOL You are hardly challenged Mr Writer man! But poetry is scary, since it's so much more emotional. You're off to a flying start!

Thanks for your kind thought. That's my strange math sense of humor coming out...

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On 01/07/2016 05:29 AM, Headstall said:

Obviously the answer is yes... your trepidation was presented in such a way as to be charming... I loved it... cheers... Gary...

Oh, my trepidation is real enough. I feel like such a fraud as a writer sometimes. When that happens, I bet anyone can see through me - I'm just a schoolteacher masquerading...

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J.HunterDunn

If only I would have had mathematical teachers with your wit, maybe I would have done better in their classes.
I loved it.

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On 01/07/2016 07:48 AM, J.HunterDunn said:

If only I would have had mathematical teachers with your wit, maybe I would have done better in their classes.

I loved it.

Math is a language, too. What a pity do many of who teach math refuse to teach language first and foremost. Plus, it's just fun to play.

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