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Pi Calculated Poetics week 5

This poem ended up being a conversation between the Sphere reading and The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoit Mandelbrot that I’m reading for my field study.  Mandelbrot’s observations and theories were ignored for a long time by the hosh-posh intellectual elites of his time due to the irrational number sets he was working with.  Later, his work on fundamentals of fractal geometry in nature layed the ground work for computer graphics programming and the solutions to theoretical physics problems.  Stanzas 42 – 67 from Sphere influence my poem with its nod to anonymity in the dream world, infinite forms of nature, and the author’s mention of overcoming adversity.

Bumble Fumble

Bumble, fumble

Mandelbrot was humbled

The fractal folds again

And we feel the rumble

Stumble across the infinite spill of the cosmos

Crumbles of bread sweets facilitate our osmosis

is…is…is…is

Moving round round round round

Making ripples in the air like

Sound sound sound sound

Moving forwards, round it, backwards and through

A sphere of influence hovering all around you

Freckled, speckled

Rocks and eggs

Like the freckles on your face

Arms

And legs

Infinite spheres spinning round and round

Bubbling, troubling

Wow. Wow.

Pi Calculated Poetics week 4 – Distance

The Distance

the distance between the snap of a twig and a spear throw

the distance between learning language and creating meaning

the distance between a child’s fingers in the palm of the hand that’s holding them

the distance between the stories on the wrinkles of an old lady’s face

the distance between sight and sound

the distance between forethought and hindsight

the distance between holding hands and making love

the distance between umbilical chord and bellybutton

the distance between breaths on a cold night

the distance between the stars and the moon

the distance between i love you’s and coulda-woulda-shouldas

the distance between me and you

 

Pi Calculated Poetics week 3 – Rippling Toward Infinity

Rippling Toward Infinity

1

10

100

1000

1000000

1000000000

1000000000000

1000000000000000

1000000000000000000

10000000000000000000000

1000000000000000000000000000

1000000000000000000000000000000000000

10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

one

with zeros rippling towards infinity

a splash in a pond

 you can count

you can count more

you can count the ripples in the pond

a one with hollow zeros trailing behind