An Afternoon of Mathematical Poetry
Time/Place: Sunday, August 4, 2024, Time: 3-5 pm; Science Museum of Virginia, Room: RF&P Forum
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 film festival.
The Program and the Poets
Sample poems by the featured poets, information about the poetry reading’s program and venue, as well as brief bios of the coordinator and the invited poets may be viewed at: Bridges 2024 Poetry Reading: The Program and the Poets.
Call for Poems
Bridges conference participants are invited to read their mathematical poems in the Open Mic part of the event. 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). More information may be viewed at: Call for Open Mic Poems.
Bridges Poetry Anthologies
Free access to pdf files of the Bridges Poetry Anthologies is now available online. Click on the link of each collection’s title for more information.
- Forthcoming! Mathematical Graffiti: Bridges 2023 Clerihew Collection, E. R. Lutken (curator), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Poetry Folder, 2024.
- 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), 2022.
- Poetry in the Glade: Bridges 2021 Fib Collection, Sarah Glaz (curator), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Poetry Folder, 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), 2014
- Bridges 2013 Poetry Anthology, Sarah Glaz (editor), Tessellations Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, 2013.
Past Bridges Poetry Readings
For complete information about past Bridges poetry readings and publications, we invite you to visit: Mathematical Poetry at Bridges.