^ An Acutely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric Poem by Adeline Foster
^ An Acutely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric
^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.'
I love this clever piece of wit. Needs to be in some math books.
There is an oxymoron in the title 'An Acutlely Obtuse Pythagorean Lyric'. I am assuming that this poem is referring to a^2 + b^2 = c^2 'To tell him why the triangle turned out to be a square.' Where the hypotenuse is c c = (a^2+b^2) ^(1/2) in this case the hypotinuse is the root I like poems about mathematics so I maybe bias and its a 10/10. Excellent.
Adeline, you must be good with your math and geometry coz a poem like these can't be written by a math-hater! ! ! hilarious yet intriguing....
A pun in poetic form. Apparently A few voters have been much harder on this little gem than they should have. I give this little crossover a ten
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.
you were right, I so enjoyed reading it... love it! thank you for the comments on my poetry...
You definitely have a certain flair when it comes to poetry and mathematics. Very enjoyable read.
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.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/4/2025 11:11:46 PM # 1.0.0
As a math hater, I still fully enjoyed this. Adeline, you are to be commended for this..(smile)