I take apart the circle
that point stands out as a judge
scared, the arrows scatter away
I bring back the ray,
plant it near the point
bereft, circle stands alone
(point was its safety valve)
I give it a triangle,
yet it refuses to look at me
I feel the windless icy chill
while circle collapses
ignoring me,
the point runs towards it,
when it embraces the circle,
it comes alive,
ray, tangent and triangle
dance to their beats in nightfall
"out of their periphery, I draw the curtains"
24 comments:
this is gorgeous...absolutely gorgeous, and so so poetic :)
thank you for posting it!
There is so much weight to this poem..how you used the imagery and ideas was very skilled..Jae
Really well done!! :)
Amazing...'tangent and triangledance to their beats in nightfall' creating such imagery..indeed gifted you are, Gautami !
Geometric poem and the imagery created is mathematical Gautami!!
The words say a lot and very alive!!
The poetry of math. Very creative and lovely imagery.
Double Duty
You hooked me from the first sentence
Very nice...but it reminded me of why I failed geometry class!
Oh, I love this! I wish you'd taught me geometry ... it might have made sense!
Nice choice of words...
Really well written
chilling and beautiful. you always stun. thank you. (btw, this is the last imperfect prose until the new year. i hope you have the merriest of christmases! thank you for linking.)
An enthralling poem, surprised me with its geometric allusions.
Gautami,
A beautiful geometric poem.
Pamela
As always, beautiful. Love and Light, Sender
Very, very fine. I love the final line as it brings the circle to a close...
I always knew that love was mathematical
some poems you want to read over.....this is certainly one of them......thanks Gautami
one of the best poems i read in the recent time. its got a deep meaning and words r so tangible. good work :)
sarah
Very poetic
Unique and clever poem! I love the "angle" you chose to take from that line.
Guatami - this is delightful. Very nice work.
Oh, I do love your math poems!
Very interesting. I remember little of my high school geometry, so I have to read this for the poetry, not the math. I liked geometry, but I never thought of it this way. I love that last line.
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