From Margret, via Laura Shovan, invented by new-to-me author Shari Green--A Pythagorean Poem!
Here's the math background: Pythagoras's theorem is a2 + b2 = c2.One possible set of numbers is 3, 4, 5:
3x3 + 4x4 = 5x5
9 + 16 = 25
Using this triple, the poem will be
1st stanza: 3 lines of 3 words each
2nd stanza: 4 lines of 4 words each
3rd stanza: 5 lines of 5 words each*
KICKER! The third stanza must be composed of all the words found in stanzas one and two (in any order; variations okay). The third stanza should be a progression of sorts, a product of the first two in thought or theme or meaning.
Lordy.
Here goes, from a magnetic poem I made yesterday:
helene | a pythagorean poem
above early fall
a hot blossom
of rain opens,
tears morning– field– road–
shivers house– harvest– bark–
melts roof– night– our
very breath– to water
rain-opened road. roof blossom.
house fall. our tears shiver
above hot barks of breath.
fields harvested too early. night
waters morning. verily, a melting.
© HM 2024
Check out the rest of the Pythagorean Poems by
Mary Lee Hahn @ A(nother) Year of Reading
Catherine Flynn @ Reading to the Core
Molly Hogan @ Nix the Comfort Zone
Linda Mitchell @ A Word Edgewise
Margaret Simon @ Reflections on the Teche
and thanks to Tabatha for hosting today!
