Here's a poem which reflects how much I listen in Maths class.
Solve For y The Equation Reading…
I will calculate our probability,
the biological likelihoods.
We could be charted on a graph:
you are a parabolic curve and
I am analysing our points of intersection,
using my same old variables.
Let x equal the distance between us
when we dressed up for Halloween
the axis between your drivers’ seat
and my fingers on your back window.
Let y be a metaphor for attraction
the eye contact, that Coronas song
the tennis courts at night
when we counted the money with the others
and remembered how we met.
Dissolve me into numbers and allow
this probability. Let us equal one another:
constant for variable, x for y.
8 comments:
I see a departure here. Interesting.
Can't say what it is though...
... you'd be embarrassed. :)
Nicely done. Gotta be worth an hour on Monday!
I know what the departure is. In this one, we've actually met.
Haha I think I am aware of the differences a little bit - hence the "old variables" are distance and attraction, even though only one of them is relevant anymore...
That's kind of an in-joke between me and the page, though, which is quite sad.
Unless you meant something completely different. :)
(You make it sound as if I forgot to turn up on Monday... I didn't miss WG, did I?!)
Oh no! An hour on *next* Monday! No judgmental subtexts here. :)
And, yes, since you started it, this one *does* seem to be about someone on the same planet as you (well... almost) and that is cool.
Intriguing beyond measure!
Your prize....
Some days (weeks?) ago I was tagged from that very delightful blog AcornMoon to provide seven facts about myself (unusual ones if possible, I think it said - absolutely impossible, of course!). Having done which, I was then to tag seven others to do likewise, and finally to leave a message with each to let them know they had been tagged.
The first part of the challenge will be discharged on my blog with a post scheduled for tomorrow.
You willhave guessed by now that you are one of my choices for Part 2. Please regard it as a suggestion only - I would not like anyone to feel compelled in any way to pick it up, but if you feel able and willing, please go to my blog any time from tomorrow (Thursday) onwards for the full details, post your seven revelations abut yourself on your own blog, then choose another seven blogs and pass the challenge on. Good luck!
Ken: Notice the link to this blog has been (temporarily) removed from Bebo...
Dave: Delighted to be included in a challenge - I have nothing else that needs immediate posting so I'll try and tackle it if I can :)
I thought about this one as my daughter was doing her homework last night!
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Good to see Maths adopting a creative role within the curriculum. This poem makes witty and decidedly functional use of the arcane lingua franca of the mathematical world. Good stuff. May future maths lessons be as productive.
I really like this! Who ever thought maths could be interesting! Nice detail in the second stanza, I like the fingers on the back window.
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