πάντα τὰ ὄντα ἀριθμοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀριθμῶν
“All things are numbers and are from numbers”. Aristotle, De Caelo 303a4
All is Number
(a Fibonacci poem)
shells
flowers
grow, spiral
into galaxies –
expand as poems through curved space
Geometry Shapes Our Universe
Reflection/Symmetry
at the edge
(a fractal poem)
Note: These pieces draw on themes from Marian’s book of essays: From Fibs to Fractals: exploring mathematical forms in poetry (originally published by Beir Bua Press), which is now available in free downloadable pdf form at http://www.marianchristiepoetry.net. Marian is grateful to Ice Floe Press for their generous support of this project.
Link to Marian’s book of essays:
https://marianchristiepoetry.net/from-fibs-to-fractals-exploring-mathematical-forms-in-poetry/.
Marian Christie is from Harare, Zimbabwe. She lived in various countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East before moving to her present home in southeast England. She has published three books of poetry with Penteract Press –– Fractal Poems, Triangles, and Sky, Earth, Other –– all of which are inspired by mathematical concepts. Together with Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Marian is co-editor of Tesserae: a mosaic of poems by Zimbabwean women (Carnelian Heart Press).
Marian blogs at www.marianchristiepoetry.net and is on X/Twitter @marian_v_o and BlueSky @marianchristie.bsky.social.
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