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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2004-01-25 08:08 PM

The challenge=to write a poem about:

The square root of one hundred and forty four is twelve.

As The Hypoteneuse Feeds

The square root of a gross
is a dozen at most,
but the square root of one
is but one.

Should I plant a square root
in an old leather boot,
would my product be
the worth of a sole?

Could the square root of me
be something to see
or be something quite far
from the whole?

Would the square root of nine
be three times as fine
as the square
of one that is one?

Would the square root of my head
be impossibly said;
I’m sorry
it’s time that I'm done.

©January 25, 2004

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Amara
Member

since 2003-02-23

Posts 158
East of the moon, west of the sun.

1 posted 2004-01-25 09:14 PM

No replies? I think this is *CUTE*! I don't even have any critisisms to make! This is the type of thing Science or Math teachers stick beside their computer screens to make 'em smile. I could also see this in lockers.

Cute, my dear, and very clever. I like the rhyme scheme and flow, as well.

To see something as an end is to mourn for it; to see it as a beginning is to have hope.

McLean
Member

since 2004-01-05

Posts 484
state of marital bliss

2 posted 2004-01-25 09:15 PM

Witty and right up my alley...This is a great thing you've done!

McLean

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

3 posted 2004-01-25 09:36 PM

If the square root of 144 is only 12, you say
And that determination is made by its own play
Of multiplying 12 by itself to clone for us a number
Then knowing that 144 is right, I only wish to wonder

Is the square root of a cloned sheep, whose name is simply Molly,
A wonderdog named Lassie... a lovely star-like collie?

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2004-01-25 09:42 PM

Thanks, all! Delightfully fun, Steven!

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-01-26 09:45 PM

REALLY CUTE AND WELL WRITTEN!

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2004-01-26 11:15 PM

(smiles) I know squat about mathematics, hehehe, but I really enjoyed the long division thoughts of your mind here, yay, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful hart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

7 posted 2004-01-26 11:26 PM

Very clever, VAS!!

I love to read poetry about a subject no one had ever considered...you've done that here. We have had lover's triangles, the circle of life, three squares a day,,,but no hypotenooses!!!

Is there life aftermath?

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