Euclid

Euclid, an ancient Greek, is called the father of geometry. Maybe you already know this! He wrote about lines, circles, and angles, and his batch of books and ideas are still studied by young mathematicians. This poem I dedicate to all the teachers out there, but especially the MATH teachers!! You know who you are!

EUCLID
By Michael Dahl

Euclid once annoyed his neighbors
With his pen-and-paper labors,

Scribbling scraps with squares and vectors,
Points and lines and intersectors,

Proving on a piece of parchment
What a cube or cone or arch meant.

When his paper heaps grew higher,
Euclid's neighbors threatened fire.

So he stuffed his stacks and columns
Into thirteen massive volumes.

Euclid's manners were not sloppy--
Every neighbor got a copy.


Too bad I couldn't include the picture that went with this poem. It's classic!!