WebGrook. Piet Hein, Grooks. Doubleday, 1969. Courtesy Amazon.com. A grook (" gruk " in Danish) is a form of short aphoristic poem or rhyming aphorism, created by Danish poet, … WebDec 24, 2024 · Strictly speaking, a poem is a grook when it was published by the Danish scientist and poet Piet Hein in one of his volumes of "grooks". Grooks are simply what Hein called his own poems; it is not a …

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WebJun 30, 2024 · The Grooks of the Danish Poet Piet Hein. June 30, 2024. 0. 679. The Danish philosopher, mathematician, designer, poet and all-round smart cookie Piet Hein did amazing work in both science and arts. He is most known for his ‘grooks’, some claiming the word is short for “Grin & sUK” (laugh & sigh in Danish). He wrote over 7,000 of them. WebHarmonic forming in words: Grooks Now and then in the 1930s the Danes might read some short poems by Piet Hein in the daily newspaper Politiken. They were printed under the headline "From day to day" and both the … slydial from landline services

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WebGrooks by Piet Hein The (late) Danish poet Piet Hein developed a very personal style of humerous poetry, which he called "Grooks". He wrote these both in Danish and English, with many of the best known ones available in both languages. The very characteristic flavor of grooks is hard to describe, but is easy to recognize. Here is one: "Wisdom is WebOct 28, 2002 · The man who wrote 10,000 Grooks October 28, 2002 2:16 PM Subscribe The man who wrote 10,000 Grooks ( grooks, grooks, grooks ), Piet Hein, was also the inventor of Hex and the creator of the Soma Cube. WebThis particular volume has one of the first Grooks that Hein wrote. It was in protest of the Nazi occupation of Denmark and its meaning was quite clear to the Danes but not to the German censors. Very clever! Each volume of Grooks credits Jens Arup with "assistance." I strongly suspect that he was the translator and he did an excellent job! solarrechner camping