Sunday Scribblings #228: Tau-ku-ing Time to Celebrate and All That

So the last few days flew by in a flash, and I am wondering if it was all just a dream! I took time off from here to celebrate and more.. My son walked in his commencement ceremony along with almost 2000 other students last Sunday, and it was definitely a proud moment for us. We had family drive down there to celebrate this momentous occasion with us which made it all more, and just seeing how many friends came by to celebrate with my son made me happy. It made me happy for I saw that not only did he learn but also built relationships that are sure to last. Now looking forward to Tau Day or 6-28 and thus bringing you an invented haiku variation – the tau-ku! Read on to find out more, though there is more to find out about tau than the tau-ku (which is pretty straightforward!)

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Notepad and a pen over it with a cup of coffee next to it. words read Sunday Scribblings, and this is for Sunday Scribblings #228: Tau-ku-ing Time to Celebrate and All That

Poetic Sundays: Celebrate Tau Day with a Tau-ku!

The tauku is one of the many haiku variations, and simply put, it is a haiku with a syllabic count of 6-2-8 across its three lines.

🧮 Why Tau?

Tau advocates argue that τ (tau = 2π) is a more natural and intuitive constant for describing circles, since a full circle is 2π radians. Scientific American states that “At its heart, pi refers to a semicircle, whereas tau refers to the circle in its entirety.”

Check out TauDay for more information

So What is the Tau-ku?

The tau-ku is a modern poetic form that blends mathematics and poetry, inspired by the Greek letter τ (tau), which equals 2π (approximately 6.28). It was created as a playful counterpart to the pi-ku, which is based on the digits of π (3.14).

The Tau-ku’s Characteristics

So the tau-ku’s elements are that it is:

stanzaic: is a single three-line stanza
syllabic: following the tau’s first three digits, it is 6/2/8
untitled (but you could use a title if you wish)
and does not mention a theme (like nature for haiku, but given this one is based on math, maybe you could work that in)

📏 Structure of a Tau-ku:

A three-line poem where the syllable count of each line reflects the first three digits of tau:
- Line 1: 6 syllables
- Line 2: 2 syllables
- Line 3: 8 syllables

🌀 Ways to Use It in Classrooms/Learning

Great for STEM + poetry crossovers
Perfect for Tau Day (June 28)
Can be used to teach syllable awareness and concise expression

My Attempt at the Tau-ku

Numbers dance in circles
Times two
Double pi becomes the tau truth

Recently

At Home and On My Blog

On my blog since my last Scribblings, I ended up with the posts below:

On the home-front, as I mentioned, it has been a whirlwind of sorts, and we are still dealing with the aftermath – loads of laundry waiting to be folded; a garage full of stuff from two student apartments waiting to be organized, and basking in the happiness of graduations, freshman year completed, and having our home full again!

Upcoming

On My Blog & Homefront

Hope to get a couple of posts in…and relax a bit this week.

This Week’s Celebrations

The Literary and Close-to-it Celebrations

Literary birthdays this week include: June 23 celebrates Markus Zusak’s birthday. June 24th celebrates Anita Desai’s birthday while the 25th of June is both Yann Martel and George Orwell’s birthdays; Pearl S Buck on June 26th; Alice McDermott, E. R. Braithwaite, Helen Keller, and Teju Cole on the 27th of June; Jean-Jacques Rousseau on June 28th; Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Charlotte Bingham on the 29th of June; Winston Graham on June 30th

The Foodie Celebrations

23rd June is National Pecan Sandies Day
June 24th is National Pralines Day and 25th of June brings some more delish with National Strawberry Parfait Day
June 26 is National Chocolate Pudding Day. And should this one be here? Or in the ‘Other’? Anyways, the 26th is also World Refrigeration Day. and National Bomb Pop Day (the last Thursday of June each year – the 26th this year).
Followed by more yum on the 27th of June with National Ice Cream Cake Day. It is also National Onion Day 🙂 and National Cream Tea Day which is celebrated on the last Friday of June
Then it is National Tapioca Day on June 28
The 29th is National Almond Buttercrunch Day

The Other Celebrations

The 23rd of June is cool indeed for it celebrates International Women in Engineering Day! And the color pink with National Pink Day!
While the 24th has some other-worldly coolness factor as it celebrates both International Fairy Day and World UFO Day!!! Get it?!!:)
It is the National Day of Joy on the last Wednesday of June, which falls on the 25th this year.
National Barcode Day is observed on June 26 every year
While it is National Bingo Day on June 27
June 28th observes Tau Day, the cool mathematical constant.
The 29th of June warms us up with Hug Holiday! And it is also National Camera Day to capture those hugs.
International Asteroid Day is observed on June 30th each year. And this date also celebrates social media with World Social Media Day.

Wrapping up my Sunday Scribblings

So dear reader, this was it for this post. As always, appreciate and totally welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions on these scribblings on Sunday! And which of these days in this wonderful week do you plan to celebrate?

Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon

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