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At the Intersection

Some poems

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834.

To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.

The poem consists of 2 overlapping circles.

‘me’, the left-hand circle reads:
the day we
went out to have
an ice-cream, we said nothing
just let our silence melt in
the air as we walked across the common
our love never tiring at all

‘you’, the right-hand circle reads:
we should
have talked it over but
nothing ever seems to get
in your fat head. You are so
common that I wish we’d never met
at all and I’d married Tim instead
 
Where the 2 circles overlap, the text reads:
we
have
nothing
in
common
at all

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August 4, 2025 brianbilston Tagged language, mathematics, maths, Poem, poetry, venn diagram, words, writing 8 Comments

At the Intersection

Assorted Poems, Some poems

It’s the birthday of John Venn today (born 4th Aug, 1834) so here’s a poem inside a Venn diagram to celebrate.

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August 4, 2018May 22, 2023 brianbilston Tagged love, math, maths, Poem, poetry, Venn, venn diagram, writing 3 Comments

π in the sky

Assorted Poems, Some poems

He’d think about her
constantly – well, 22/7 –
never completing.

He even stopped eating.

Then, one day – at 3.14 –
a chance meeting.

But, sadly, not repeating.

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April 4, 2016May 22, 2023 brianbilston Tagged maths, Pi, Poem, poetry Leave a comment

Word Crunching

Assorted Poems, Some poems

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January 29, 2015May 22, 2023 brianbilston Tagged fibonacci sequence, maths, Poem, poetry, words 1 Comment
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