There they lay,
Dressed in Graphite Gray
Starring at me from a matrix brig.
All of them in a negative form
Scowling and teasing
At my disheartened tries.
" 'X' marks the spot!"
They silently shout.
"Remove the 'X'
And all shall be solved."
"Easier said than done." I retort,
My mind trying to unjumble
Badly written instructions.
I throw my pen up in desperation,
Bang my head onto my desk.
I'll never get it!
'Twill never be done!
G-d, I hate algebra...
A contest entry
- Astudinacky Snolygoster 2.0 by JustBe.
3000 points, ended April 9, 2007, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Naw, Algebra is nifty. Here's a fun fact about it that I learned from my Algebra II teacher in HS ... whose name was "Garl" (not kidding: "Algebra" is a word derived from the Arabic (I think; maybe Farsi) "hisab al-jabr waal muqabalah." Why do I remember that? Because I'm a nerd, and wrote it at the top of all my homework assignments after I learned it.
I'm not really sure what to say about this one. I guess I've never read a poem about failing to work out algebra problems.... Maybe I just love Math, and that's really the problem. Of course this could be read a couple of different ways. One way would be at face-value. I could also turn it into a jibe at me ('cept I don't know how I'm graphite gray), but that's probably just because I'm paranoid at this point; there was SO much of that in this contest.
Anyway, no grammar mistakes that I can find, but this is still a bit simplistic. There was some stuff submitted that was brimming with overlapping ideas and meanings.
I think maybe it's just a question of flavor. A good poem, but for this contest we wanted something a bit more innovative in form and meaning. I may have missed something, though. Let me know if that is the case.
Thanks for your entry. I appreciate your taking the time to write for my contest.
Best,
Morgan -
I loved algebra in school. This was pretty different in a good way. I could see you frustration quite well.
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it reminds me of a dream i once had... maybe the dream's hidden meaning was algebra? n o idea...anyway, nice poem! i could FEEL the hate, man.
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this reminds me of my sister... she hates algebra... I like how you kinda hid what it's really about... i mean, until the last line, i thought that you were digging for treasure with a pencil for no particular reason. BUT now i know better. very nice. I wish you much luckiness in the contest!!
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Calculating the incalculable. Or is that calculus?
I feel just this way 'bout mathematics myself. My own poor noggin 'tis permanently bruised. Good work, I liked this. It flowed quite nicely. Probably because, "English is easy, math are hard."
Good luck to you in the contest, and good work.
jill
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I think English and Math are just two off-shoots of the same logic. I only understand grammar because of logic.
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