An Afternoon of Mathematical Poetry
Time/Place: July 30, 2023, 3:30-5:30 pm, Halifax Central Library, Lindsay Children’s Room (second floor).
Newton’s binomial is as beautiful as Venus de Milo.
Fernando Pessoa (as Álvaro de Campos)
What happens is that few people notice it.
translated from the Portuguese by Francisco Craveiro
Coordinated by Sarah Glaz, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut and poet, the poetry readings at Bridges feature poetry with strong links to mathematics and a wide range of poetic styles. The program starts with a number of invited poets reading selections from their work, followed by an open microphone period where Bridges participants are invited to read their own mathematical poems. Selected poems from the readings appear in the Bridges Poetry Anthologies. Poets are encouraged to share more of their art and scholarship by submitting articles for talks or workshops, visual poems to the gallery, or poetry with animated or musical elements for the short movie festival.
The Program and the Poets
Information about the program, the coordinator, and the invited poets may be viewed at https://www2.math.uconn.edu/~glaz/Mathematical_Poetry_at_Bridges/Bridges_2023/The-program-and-the-poets-2023.html
Call for Poems
Bridges conference participants are invited to read their mathematical poems in the second part of the reading. If you are interested, please contact Sarah Glaz at: Sarah.Glaz@uconn.edu. Please, send one mathematical poem you wish to read in the body of the email (not as an attachment).
Bridges Poetry Anthologies
- Forthcoming! Bridges 2023 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, July 2023.
- Bridges 2022 Virtual Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (coordinator), Susan Gerofsky (guest host)
- Poetry in the Glade: Bridges 2021 Fib Collection, Sarah Glaz (curator), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Poetry Folder, January 2022.
- Bridges 2020 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, 2020.
- Bridges 2018 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, 2018.
- Bridges 2016 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, 2016.
- Bridges 2014 Virtual Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (coordinator), Mike Naylor (guest host), Steve Stamps (movie editor).
- Bridges 2013 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, 2013.
Past Bridges Poetry Readings
We invite you to visit a page offering complete information about past Bridges poetry readings.