POETRY FRIDAY: Math Poems II

Thanks so much to Margaret at Reflections on the Teche 

for hosting this week's Poetry Friday Roundup!

 

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For Poetry Friday today, I thought I’d revisit one of my favorite poetic formats, math poems. Math poetry combines creative writing with mathematical equations to create fun poems that appeal to a wide audience. (I have seen kids who say they “hate” writing poetry become very excited about writing math poems!)

A math poem follows the format of a mathematical equation. This can be a simple equation or it can be much more complicated. (For more information about math poems, read this post and this post.) Below I’ve written a few examples, ranging from simple to a little more complicated:

peanut butter + jelly + bread = PBJ sandwich               

                                         

                                                                   gentle rain       

                                                                 + warm bed

                                                        good night's sleep

  

2(boy) + pjs + movie = family fun night 
 

And here’s one for those of you who are laboring away at revisions:

∞(draft) + ∞(critique + edit) + editorial genius + revision(however many it takes) + (critique from very tolerant critique partner + edit) = final manuscript

*Special shout out to my very tolerant critique partner!*

If you’d like to try your own math poem, I’d love to see it in the comments! Happy Writing!  

* * * Be sure to check out all of the wonderful math poems in the comments section!* * *