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Science/Math Poem...........the edited form.....Is this okay now?
THE ARROW AND THE QUESTION
(with apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
I shoot an arrow into the air
A projectile that it seemed it were
Daftary plotted its position
Scythian formed the required equation
Long, long afterward, under an oak
As I read a Mathematics book
There, by chance, I found a queer entry
Dragan K has asked the same query
So I logged on to Yahoo Answers
To post the question for web viewers
Dr D, Zo Maar starred the question
Half-Blood Prince, Falzoon gave attention
And so did Al P and Ergaster
Mathsmanretired, Civil Aviator
Mathematishan, Rakesh Dubey
And smart Queen Eti Wants Spaghetti
Bhaskar and Algol gave their answers
Tomato, Skonhet and all others
Though all were great, I'll choose an entry
Rozeta Fifty Three gets BA
You are late, good Dr. Lucafont
And First Grade Rocks, there's no more question
So sorry folks, it got deleted
It didn't conform to rules as posted.
This incident has kept me thinking
Why this has happened to my posting
It left no chance even for comments
Of other friends who missed the contents
Think I'll repost much better questions
Worth your while to see in this section
That everyone who'd chance to drop by
Gets impressed of norms that are so high
Check the page of these contributors
Steve, Vasek and Quadrillerator
Mathemagician and Vikram P
Mielo Estetz and Anil Bakshi
Tabula Raza, JB and Hy
Conan, Saket, and SMCI
A Kartaltepe, Otro, Moise Gunen
Northstar, Evan, Randy and Rackbrane
Sir Duke and Kirchwey, we should consult
For their opinions before we vote;
Edward, Gzion, Bandagadde S,
May then solve the problem if we please
Old Pilot and love5 have replied
So did Retired Pilot who supplied
Answers, explanations where required;
There's Gianlino, whose queries I've tried.
Astronomy has got DLM,
Erica S, professor, a dame,
And Carolus, whose answers we see;
For Philosophy, there's Hector C.
Euclid, Pythagoras and others
Might all rejoice to think, or shudder
In Math there'll be no more dilemma
We just resort to Wolfram Alpha
This time, the keyword "edited" made this question suggested as belonging to Books and Authors. But I stuck to Mathematics where it should belong, and as previously suggested also by Y!A. Nice Day everyone.
Maurice H,
Yes, I have thought so. Got used to be writing in prose only. Equations are hard to rhyme(lol), much less numbers.
Yesu Ben,
I have done as you have suggested. Think you should make an "epic" poem also in Poetry section.
Gianlino,
I like your way of looking at things. When I see a woman, I wonder how 80% water could do. hehe
A drunk man, what do you think? 80 proof?
Scythian,
There are many synonyms for a word, so when you come to the end of a line, just use the word with the ending syllable rhyming with that of the other line. Poets will look down at our works with little regard, but they miss the fun.
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8 Answers
- gianlinoLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Very nice. I am sure this inspired epic poëm will draw you glory in due time, when scholards have explored all its facets.
For instance what is the origin of Rozeta 53? For me 53 is the number of Ave Maria in a simple rosary, 5*10 + 3: 1 for each person of the holy Trinity. So Rozeta 53 certainly rings that bell to me.
- 1 decade ago
Check the page of these contributors
Steve, Vasek and Quadrillerator
Mathemagician and Vikram P
Mielo Estetz and Anil Bakshi
Tabula Raza, JB and Hy
Conan, Saket, and SMCI
A Kartaltepe, Otro, Moise Gunen
Northstar, Evan, Randy and Rackbrane
Sir Duke and Kirchwey, we should consult
For their opinions before we vote;
Edward, Gzion, Bandagadde S,
May then solve the problem if we please
Old Pilot and love5 have replied
So did Retired Pilot who supplied
Answers, explanations where required;
There's Gianlino, whose queries I've tried.
- Scythian1950Lv 71 decade ago
There are some things that I am very good at, but poetry was never one of them. I can't compose poetry like this even under the threat of waterboarding. Your poem sounds nice to the ear when spoken, but I have no idea why it should.
- Yesu BenLv 71 decade ago
Although, I don't know the people you mentioned,
I think that you should post this into a question
at the poetry section because it's good
and I'll invite as many friends as I could.
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- MadhukarLv 71 decade ago
This poem is the most popular question in math section!
When would the math question be the most popular question in poetry section?!!
Perhaps, Questor can do that magic!!!
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
I don't even know most of these persons you mentioned, and I found your poem thoroughly entertaining.