CALCULUS POEMSBy Charles Chy

Calculus – An Acrostic Poem

Children

Are the ones

Loitering and lingering in

Class as they slowly die

Unappreciated and unhappy, yet expected to

Listen, giving their teachers

Undivided attention while draining their

Souls…

Calculus – An ABC poem

Averages, averages, averages! The average student need not know

Bustling silence created by the teacher’s presence

Calculus,

Dear, Calculus

Existing for what reason,

For no reason at all.

Calculus – A Blank Verse Poem

What text must we start reading around noon?

The teacher assigns many problems to

solve fast for homework, making students mad.

For why did I agree to take this class

without a way to leave; my heart desists.

A lesson seems innocuous but still

my nerves are shot and almost dead am I. 

Calculus – A Dactyl Poem

Half a day, half it is, half we missSnow is abound, let it drop from the skies and comecancel the school period that calculus occupies.Free from dread; boring assignments that plague my life.Let it come, let it come, let it come.Speakers announce all the students are leaving now.Winner: Me.

Calculus – Enjambment Poetry

What has this subject come to mean for meBut anguish, suffering, prison, and tyranny.

The walls are papered with equations that serveNo real purpose as we only cheat for answers.

There are feces in between the pages of the bookFrom which we learn, yet I can hardly look.

The class retains a sordid odor of mustComplimented by the clotted shades of dust.

Yes, this course can only induce apathy,But when the bells ring I leave happily.

Calculus – An English Haiku

raindrips fromthe roof

 seats are dampandour spirits

suffer whenshe lies

Calculus – A Japanese Haiku

The spring is betterthan cold; birds chirp outside class.in summer, heat kills

Calculus – An Ironic Poem

Knowledge coats this room;is there some to spare, asks the student.Calculus is very important, replies the teacher,it is something you need to know.What if you wanted to model and graphglobal demand for poultry products?Have some knowledge,it is important.

Calculus – A Verse Poem

I walked in dazed and wandering,and gazed upon the chalkboard,observed the lesson pondering;I haven’t begun but am already bored,the period has yet to start,but I no longer hear the beats of my heart.

Calculus – A Petrarchan Sonnet

Today I will have to attend my classA bitter trite aroma wafts throughoutReminding students math is key to cloutEscape is possible with a hall passThese slips however thwart the student’s graspI found it! Laying hidden. Yes, I shout!I tell myself, that’s what I’m talking bout.Avoid security, those men harass

Dismay appears as teacher checks precisethe signature ensuring counterfeits fail.This fake you gave appears your demise Charles She’s sick of naughty antics blamed my viceHer shadow gains to bulky heights, I paleThe Principal assigns guilt filled with snarls.

Calculus – A Cinquain

CalculusDreadful, maliceKills me slowly

The monotony will continueBlight