Poetry for Pi Day
March 14, 2007
Here are two poems in honor of pi, from the Mathematical Poetry site:
If inside a circle a line
Hits the center and goes spine to spine
And the line’s length is “d,”
The circumference will be
d times 3 point 1 4 1 5 9.
Simple Simon met a pi man
Going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pi man,
“You have unusual ware.
The pie’s I’ve seen before were round
But, gosh, your pi’s r2.”
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LOL! LOVE the Pi man poem!
i think the pi man is strongly inapropriate. i mean how are little children honestly supposed to understand this?!?! honestly…
Little children are not supposed to understand this, of course. But it’s fun for the rest of us!
I think you should add more poems not just one or two
Thank you for the suggestion, Sharon. These are not my poems, though — I’m not that creative! There are more poems at the Mathematical Poetry site, but I just quoted my favorites.
I love the pi man poem!
Pi man poem is the best!!!