1. Math’s a subject that most despise,

    And for this very reason, Nate sets forth a prize.

    “10 dollars for the winning poem,” says he,

    To the one who best projects his or her misery.

     

    Personally, my complaints of math are few,

    But for the sake of a Hamilton in my pocket,

    I shall come up with one or two.

     

    Derivation, integration—the explanations are sparse.

    Why do we need to know them?

    They’re just a pain in the arse.

     

    And numbers known as imaginary—

    What is this, some game I must play?

    Can’t I just make up imaginary solutions,

    And be well on my way?

     

    I could rhyme all day, but time is running thin.

    There’s math homework that must be done;

    That which I must turn in.

  2. Math Sucks

    Staying up late doing my math,
    Instead of taking a much needed bath.
    All those equations, they are such a pain,
    Giving me a headache deep down in my brain.
    Studying hard, I hate to do it,
    Sometimes I wish to just be a poet.

    Math sucks so much it’s hard to describe,
    And it gives off nothing but a really bad vibe.
    Working out problems to find the limit,
    Everyone knows they just despise it.
    But I guess that’s why we go to college,
    Just go pick up some extra knowledge.

    Years of math are yet to come,
    Making the future look very glum.
    Looking forward to it I’m certainly not,
    With all those points waiting to be plot.
    But thanks to Nate for a solid grounding,
    Math should look out for a great big pounding.

  3. Let's Murder Math  

    I've taken many math courses throughout my years,
    And just the sound of the chalkboard can hurt my ears.
    I have seen more problems caused than I have seen solved.
    My hatred for math has steadily evolved.
    I know many who agree with me when it comes to this issue.
    I've seen people use fewer formulas than I have seen them use tissues.
    Wiping away the tears of failure from their eyes,
    I think it's about time for math to just roll over and die.
    I believe that the time has finally come
    For it all needs to be over, to end, and just be done.
    Let's murder math and all those stupid concepts.
    For maybe one day I won't be so deeply inept.
    If anything that I could say to math and this hell
    It to just get away from me, and maybe then all will be well
    Because all you tangents, cotangents, sines and cosines
    Can go hang yourselves from some stupid graphs's secant lines.

  4. The world of math just kind of sucks
    I dread class everyday
    I wouldn't go for eighty bucks
    This class is effing gay!
     
    Add this, subtract that
    Then learn to multiply
    Next comes division, then algebra
    I think I'd rather die.
     
    Read a problem, solve for 'x'
    Cram so I can pass the test
    Get it back, covered in red
    If I fail, then I'll be dead.
     
    This class is such a waste of time
    The point, I never saw
    So what if eight plus one is nine
    It doesn't quite inspire awe.
     
    Here's something simply extraordinary
    What the heck is the deal?
    How can numbers be imaginary?
    I thought they were supposed to be real.
     
    I've already approached the limit
    And found the tangent to a line
    Matrices, they make my teeth grit
    Now listen to me whine.
     
    Those formulas and theorems
    Ugh, they make me sick
    The cheat sheet in my calculator
    Yep, that's the trick!
     
    The father of mathematics
    Doesn't usually get any sass
    But he hasn't heard from me before
    Archimedes can kiss my ASSymptote.
  5. Derivatives on my mind
    The time I can't find
    To slow and rewind
    These problems are a grind

    Moving forward or movin' back
    Homework at 3am, time to hit the sack
    The answers I just seem to lack.
    To love Calc? One must be on crack

    I now dread the time 10:10
    I hit snooze I don't wanna go again
    I meditate to find my zen
    Calculus must end, but when?

    Everyday I try to fight the dawn
    We're controlled by the math god like a pawn
    I'd rather be in history studying Kublai Khan
    Finish math this semester, then we can move on!
  6. The glory to win with pride

    A chance of a lifetime

    To show strength

    And courage

    This,

    A Cup that

    Resembles all the

    Pains, struggles, and

    Wins of the sport of ice hockey

    The  smooth  silver  metal  with

    The  winner’s  names  engraved

    Because they are the champions

    Of   this   incredible   journey of

    Brilliance and amazement of this

    Fast paced sport, the use of skates

    When the blades collide with the cold ice

    Bringing the intense speed needed to score the

    Goal of the victory game of the last seconds of fear.

  7. Someone is getting fat
    Just like a grumpy old cat  
    Her name is Mandy* Marie
    And its because she can't say no to brie

    To her cheese is an addiction
    Believe me this is not fiction
    Day in and day out, without 
    Cheese she is bound to pout

    It doesn't matter what the kind...
    She'll eat it down to the rind.
    And she would die without some swiss
    Because it is pure heavenly bliss.

    In order to make the day better
    All you need to give her is a little sharp cheddar!  

    (*Name changed, for anonymity.)
  8. Solve this
    Function that
    A single finger salute
    From the brim of my hat

    Eyes glazed
    Day dreams in my head
    Trig lost me at ninety degrees
    Tomorrow I'm staying in bed

    Every class
    Derivative equals tangent
    Astray from day one
    Cheated on FTCAP placement

    Sick to my stomach
    Pi never tastes good
    Why are my rhymes awesome
    I'm not from the hood

    Stranded in the valleys of sine
    Lookin' up between mountains serene
    No stairway to heaven
    No carpenters I've seen

    Once again
    Integrals spin out of my pen
    Scribbles equal confusion
    Next time I'm sleepin' past ten
  9. Emancipation

    Get out my way,
    I got no time
    For fools that play
    And mess with minds.  

    `Cause life is short, 
    I'm gonna live it.
    To the fullest,
    Every minute.

    Don't doubt me,
    I will succeed.
    I can't be stopped;
    I don't bleed.

    Yes, I'm a man,
    And I am free.
    I gotta plan,
    your gonna see.
    I crush haters,
    wherever they be.
    I can't be stopped,
    `Cause I am me!