Geometry, Number, Code, and Diagram
Spatial and numerical relations can change both the look and the reading of a poem.
In “Light Cone,” widening arrangements meet at a shared event; the causal relationship guides line length and position. “Perpendicular” gives a fleeting intersection a place on the page. “Double Helix” lets the eye follow two connected strands or cross between them.
“Growing Like Numbers” uses seven lines containing 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 13 words. The Fibonacci pattern creates visible expansion and longer phrases to speak. Images of roots and branches give the numerical condition a life.
In “If We Meet,” conditional branches and indentation make meetings and missed encounters follow different paths. Geometry, number, and code become poetic when their organization changes what readers perceive and feel.
Web reading edition adapted from Part I, section 4.4, of the revised English manuscript of Schrödinger’s Cat.