Of metaphors & molecules: Bridging STEM & the arts
Update on blog post that was published May 30, 2018 – since the article is now published (2 years since it was accepted for publication). Square Roots: Il...
Category: Poetry
Fibonacci’s Poem
Fibonacci’s PoemDecember 10, 2019 (!)OneWordIt startsSlow but sureExpanding out numerically, adding moreMarching forward, doing the math, not asking why Knowing...
A cosmologist worries (about infinity)
A cosmologist worries (about infinity)December 2019 They cannot scare me with their empty spacesBetween stars–on stars where no human race is.I have it in...
Perfect Vacuum (OR who wrote this poem?)
I was cleaning out my drafts folder and came across this poem. I liked it. A lot. It has my sensibility. My sense of whimsy. But I DO NOT remember writing it. N...
4 AM: A poem
4 AMJuly 17, 2019 The stupid smoke detectorsBeep IncessantlyThere are two of themRunning this conversationWith each otherThrough the night Their batteries dying...
Meta Poetry: I and II
This sentence refers to itself. This sentence declares that this blog post is about 2 poems I wrote recently. Both these poems are self-referential to some degr...
Creativity is greatly valued: A poem
Creativity is greatly valuedCreativity is greatly valued For his sharpness His ability to look beyond The surface And willingness to Give it a shot To br...
Aesthetics & STEM education: Introducing a new framework
I have always been intrigued by the nature and role of the aesthetic experience in learning. A few members of the Deep-Play research group have been exploring t...
Collaborative Haiku
A silent white board Scribble a first line, and wait Emergent haiku. Last Friday, goofing off between meetings, I scribbled one line, five syllables long, on on...
Of raindrops and dying flowers
The rainfall in June – the poems I’ve pasted to walls peel off, but leave traces. ~ Basho All photos taken with my iPhone8 ©punyamishra