Euclid Poem

Euclid was the founder of geometry. His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics (especially geometry) from the time of its publication until the late 19th or early 20th century.

I'm not good at interpreting poems but the first poem seems to talk about how Euclid found beauty in geometry findings, in shapes of shifting lineage, and this helped him experience the "flow" that releases him from dusty human bondage to luminous air. His  soul and his whole being  was lifted by this beauty, which gets him away from the human state and into a higher state of being.

The next poem seems to disagree... and say that beauty is clothed, and say the first poet is an idiot. but I don't really get what he was objecting to .....and what he proposes instead!


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  1. Susan Gerofsky2020年11月11日 17:52

    Lovely, May! I think you really got the essence of the first poem -- and of the second! The second poet is gently making fun of the first poem, saying that poets don't really see Beauty as much as they think they do, and teasingly saying that he would love to have Beauty show him just one bare foot (by kicking her sandal off) so that he could also appreciate the beauty of mathematics.

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