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Open Mic at the Sacred Grounds Cafe

There once was a girl who loved pi
I never could quite fathom why
To her it's a wonder
To me just a number
Its beauty revealed by and by

-- Tom Wilson

by A.C. Orr

Now I, even I, would celebrate in rhymes inept,
the great immortal Syracusan rivall'd nevermore
who in his wondrous lore passed on before
left men his guidance how to circles mensurate.


in: Literary Digest, vol. 32 (1906), p. 84
(copied shamelessly from http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/11_2.html and submitted there by gsc@cairo.anu.edu.au)

-- Bob Boyle

Bine esti cool
Image: TAVAN_broasca.jpg

-- Tavan Tavanel

numer pi in the mirorr is square root from 12 ...

22/7 is near or far depend of side where you are a line is thin almost zero fat but, point is miss if you too smart...

-- dragan katanic

Circular Reasoning

Three point one four one five nine

Makes the lazy student whine,

But give this ratio a try-

You'll find that it's as easy as pi!

-- Fred Russcol

Famous Poem about PI

Hi, I just could not believe you had a page about PI and Poetry without the most famous ones:
The first is Near a Raven from Edgar POE:

Near a Raven
Midnights so dreary, tired and weary.
Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.
During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap!
An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor.
"This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".
[...]
It goes on and gives 740 digits.
Another famous one (in France) is the following from an unknown author:

Que j'aime à faire apprendre ce nombre utile aux sages !
Immortel Archimède, artiste ingénieur,
Qui de ton jugement peut priser la valeur ?
Pour moi, ton problème eut de pareils avantages.
Jadis, mystérieux, un problème bloquait
Tout l'admirable procédé, l'œuvre grandiose
Que Pythagore découvrit aux anciens Grecs.
Ô quadrature ! Vieux tourment du philosophe
Insoluble rondeur, trop longtemps vous avez
Défié Pythagore et ses imitateurs.
[...]

-- Marc Mouries