^ An Acutely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric Poem by Adeline Foster

^ An Acutely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric

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^An Acutely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric

Isosceles
was watering
his hypotted-nuse
one day,

When a witty,
wily Pythagorsaurus
wandered out his way.
'A theorem for my hearem, '
Isosceles did say.

'Why Sir, I fear
that you will hear
your roots are very rare.
It seems that they are growing,
but all of them are square.'

'Eureka! '
cried Isosceles,
'Eureka and Eurare!
We must the news deliver
to the house across the square.

To leave a
note for Archimedes,
Who will one day be there,
To tell him why the triangle
turned out to be a square.'

Sunday, December 16, 2007
Topic(s) of this poem: humor,poem
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Geometry class need not be dull.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Patti Masterman 17 October 2009

As a math hater, I still fully enjoyed this. Adeline, you are to be commended for this..(smile)

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Allemagne Roßmann 24 August 2011

Not only science but mathematics is just an expression of poetry is evident from this creation yours here.Nice one and superb write.

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Danny Draper 01 March 2012

Indeed not! Terrific, and told with inticate rhyme and great humour. 'the triangle turned out to be a square' just another fundamental flaw in the universe exposed.

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Harindhar Reddy 20 March 2012

Hurray! A terrific poem with rhyme at prime with humor at the helm. When poets write Adeline is my favorite poet and I just took it for granted but after reading this poem, I feel the same. ha ha ha a good poem Adeline! Hope you catch up this poem of mine........ The Lonely Train on the Lonely Track with 24 Coaches Painted Black

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Terry O'leary 16 August 2012

Very clever! You might like 'Zero Forces Infinity'... Terry

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Daithi Holbrúc 27 June 2014

Ha! Defiantly adds up !

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Daniel Y. 05 March 2014

A clever story and clever word play. I'm afraid I missed a majority of the puns or allusions. I have a poem in development which you will enjoy. For now check out my poem Prime.

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Gary Kedron 28 August 2013

you were right, I so enjoyed reading it... love it! thank you for the comments on my poetry...

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Elena Plotkin 24 June 2013

You definitely have a certain flair when it comes to poetry and mathematics. Very enjoyable read.

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Danny Draper 17 June 2013

This has it all including time travel or messages for the the future unknown. Acute poem not at all diagonal, as it gets to the point.

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Adeline Foster

Adeline Foster

Instructor of poetry, Hagerstown, MD
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