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A Piece of Pi

Have a piece of pie today – Try apple, plum or cherry Or key lime, lemon, Boston cream Or one I love – mixed berry. The choices aren’t infinite Like digits never ending In Pi, which though explained to me I’m just not comprehending. It starts with 3 point 14, Which you’ll notice is today, Then keeps on adding numbers In an on and on display. Instead of making sense of this Or trying, I suggest Indulging in whichever pie Your taste buds like the best.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/17/2020 3:21:00 PM

Pi and Pie. How clever and fun! Great idea!

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 3/15/2020 4:58:00 PM

Pi was an important number to ancient Greek and Egyptian architects, yet no one knows who came up with this magic number? As for real pie, I love lemon with egg whites lightly brown; their there's cherry, peach, blueberry, banana cream, coconut custard, chocolate, mince meat, strawberry/rhubard, and apple – all in moderation since I'm diabetic. / M

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/15/2020 2:38:00 PM

whatever became of rhubarb? Have you noticed nobody makes it or sells it any more?

Maurice Rigoler
Date: 3/15/2020 5:01:00 PM

Andrea, rhubarb is an early growth here in New England. I grew up with it, eating it with salt rather than sugar. And, yes, it's sold in our markets. / M

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/15/2020 2:37:00 PM

yes, I much prefer the topic of edible PIE to the other one!! I love cherry and cheesecake the best!! Tasty poem, Ilene Key lime yummy too!

Rico Leffanta

Date: 3/15/2020 1:06:00 PM

I'm all for pie in the sky! Aloha! Rico

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/14/2020 11:29:00 PM

Oh, Ilene. So cute! :) gw

Jan Allison

Date: 3/14/2020 5:04:00 PM

oh its cherry pie for me - forget pi I am not a maths fan but my son excels.thanks for the comment on our collaboration Ilene, Nina gave me two prompts and the poem flowed between us so brilliantly with only one word edited for comedic effect! Nina is a joy to write with:-) hugs jan xx

John Watt

Date: 3/14/2020 4:23:00 PM

Ilene, so glad you remembered Pi Day with a tribute poem! Lemon for me, extra tart, smothered in whipped cream, yum. Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and thus, pies are round! Hope I don't start a rhubarb with all this math talk, hehe. Love your piem (oops, poem)

Pat Adams

Date: 3/14/2020 3:10:00 PM

Peach is the best but had to get. Love this one Ilene! (And Pie too!).....pat

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 3/14/2020 3:04:00 PM

I'm with you on mixed berry, but also love apple pie a la mode! Thanks for tickling my tastebuds with this sweet treat :)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/14/2020 2:59:00 PM

Got me thinking of that lad on the boat with the tiger lol. Pi, for me every time, apple pie. Tom