March 14 … 3/14 … 3.14
In celebration of Pi-Day, here’s a bit of fun with words (even a crossword puzzle!), and a few interesting facts.
Pi-ku poems
Remember Haiku? Those are the 3-line poems with 5 syllables in the first line, 3 in the second line, 5 in the third line.
Well, for Pi Day, let’s try writing “Pi-ku”. If I’m not mistaken, someone at NPR created the idea of Pi-ku, which uses the first few numbers of the value of Pi, 3.14 :
3 syllables in the first line, 1 syllable in the second line, 4 syllables in the third line.
In the tradition of Haiku, I focused on writing about nature for my Pi-ku poetry, so off I went on a walk. Here’s what I came up with, before I reached home:
Spring robin’s
Perch
Quivering branch
A gurgling
Stream
Happy water
Wispy branch
Sways,
Emerald leaves
…and these two, more on topic of this post…
Algebra!
Squares!
Let’s do some math!
Dear Einstein,
Thanks!
Happy birthday!
Okay, your turn to get creative!
If you create some Pi-ku poems, and want to share them here, just leave them in the comment section, I’d love to read them!
Check out more “math” poems here .
More about “The Most Irrational Day of the Year”
Pi is part of literally every single formula that you would use to do any calculation for spacecraft motion, for materials and how they work, or propulsion systems.—Artur Davoyan, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Pi wasn’t always known as pi. Before the 1700s, people referred to the number we know as pi as….. “the quantity which when the diameter is multiplied by it, yields the circumference”.
Believe it or not, an awesome Prayer for Pi Day :
More word fun! This Pi Day crossword puzzle, and another!
And finally, I want to give a shoutout to the creators of Pi Day. It all started in 1988 at the Exploratorium with former staff physicist, tinkerer, and media specialist Larry Shaw. Thanks for the math and science fun on this special day!
With appreciation to Public Domain Pictures for the pi symbol, and Diocese of Los Angeles for the Pi Day prayer
Happily Writing 