Poems to help commemorate Pi day:
"Happy PI Day!"
-author unknown
Now Einstein was great
I really must state
And relativity too
Had a lot to do,
But you ask me about pi?
Oh me, oh my There is pae, and there is pye,
and then dupuy, steak and kidney pie,
shoofly pie, pizza pie, blueberry, apple
pumpkin, chocolate, banana, mince or cherry
or berry or "umble-pie." What kind of guy
would not like pie, or pi, or pae?
But since you asked I want to say that:
the symbol denoting the ratio of the
circumference of a circle to its diameter:
a transcendental number having a value to
eight decimal places of 3.14159265 IS PI!
"Piety"
-author unknown
I am a pious person
I read the pi folklore
And every week I memorize
Just one digit more
I simply cannot recognize
The pattern in that string
Of undecipherable words or worse-
Simple random counting
I cannot square a circle
So how can I transcend
The geniuses who came before?
My quest will never end.
But let me see just one more place
Or find another use
For this irrationality
But why? I can't deduce.
"A Pi Lymeric"
-author unknown
There once was a number Pi
Very special like e and phi
Circumference to d
Is the ratio for me
And it's not a multiple of i
"Slices of Pi"
-author unknown
No one will find a pattern in pi
This number has come out of nowhere
All one can do is close a book and sigh
You should be able to tell with your eye
A rhythym here isn't fair
No one will find a pattern in pi
It does seem logical that a pattern does lie
In a number so vast and rare
But many things have a way of making one sigh
This number can make a simple brain fry
Though there are those who don't care
And don't give it a thought or a sigh!
So, many a person will surely try
There are many who have dared
But no one will find a pattern in pi
A bottomless pit, unconquered and dry
An unexplainable tear
A satisfactory conclusion is a sigh
Since no one will find the (do you see it?) the pattern in pi...
"Math Rap"
-author unknown
If I gave you a 3
and a 1,4,1,5
You'd have the start
Of the greatest number alive
If Pi were reduced
To a mere 3
The circles of the world
Would be hexagonal, you see
What may seem minor
Just might be big
So grab some pie
And do some trig!