Abstract / Synopsis
This poem was recited at a marriage recently in Vermont. I met the groom in my freshman year. He was the first college friend I ever made, and he used to burst into the room like Cosmo Kramer and settle down in an easy-chair to think about math (my side of the dorm was quieter than his). I thought that was remarkable and delightful, and so, when the task came to write a matrimonial poem for him, I selected a mathematical conceit. The poem concludes with a mathematical paraphrasing of Philip Larkin's last line from Arundel Tomb.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.GCML9100
Recommended Citation
Michael P. Stanley MD, "Love is No Mean Thing: A Larkin Logarithm," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 14 Issue 2 (July 2024), pages 615-615. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.GCML9100. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol14/iss2/25
