NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 17

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

I’m trying to love math

Marvelous math

  the numbers

   millions, billions, and trillions

    this plus that

Mesmerizing math

  when a line bends, a shape begins

   shapes, shapes, shapes

    seeing symmetry

Mystery math

  How many?

   Why Pi?

    Which one doesn’t belong?

Grasping mysteries

in the moment

learning to love math

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton
• Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Karen Barbour
• The Numbers (Mouse Books) by Monique Felix 
• Millions, Billions, & Trillions: Understanding Big Numbers by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller
• This Plus That: Life's Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrations by Jen Corace
• Mesmerizing Math by Jonathan Litton, illustrations by Thomas Flintham 
• When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene, illustrations by James Kaczman 
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
• Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy
• Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller 
• How Many? (Talking Math) by Christopher Danielson
• Why Pi? by Johnny Ball
• Which One Doesn't Belong?: A Shapes Book by Christopher Danielson
• Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins
• In the Moment: Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom by Jen Munson
• Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results by Judy Willis

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page.