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Arithmetic Poems

arithmetic melody

five's were easy
five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty
the nine’s should have been easy too
but they are not as jazzy to sing
18, 27, 36, 45
awkward melody

Categories: arithmetic, math,
Form: Free verse

Reading, Writing, And Arithmetic


From early on, I have liked figures, numbers, and percentages.
I also liked math, even trigonometry, until the scholars created
the 'New Algebra'. I continued to like general math but never
became friends with the new algebra. Moreover, math never
became what I would consider a hobby.

But reading and writing? That is different.
Reading and writing are my two hobbies.
For

Categories: arithmetic, writing,
Form: Narrative

Simple Arithmetic

One
Plus two,
Equals three;
Three and one, four.
One plus four makes five
...Three in two places?...Six!
Hence, six less one, five;
Four less none, four.
Five less three,
Gives two...
One.

Categories: arithmetic, humorous,
Form: Etheree

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Arithmetic

AT-ONE-MENT 15


Aim for a goal that shapes fond glow;
Rise to the top in your own sphere;
Ink what unfolds in count and show;
Heed each sure stop to rest right here;
Mind your own say in what you feel;
Enact your mood in the sure light;
Trace your fine stay to bless and heal;
Incite your good to put things right;
Claim

Categories: arithmetic, beauty,
Form: Sonnet

Arithmetic

The day was killed 
diving in the books.
A lamb was dyed to
please the race.

You gambled for water
huddled in eyes.
I wanted to scatter the pearls
on cheeks.

Drenched in gasoline you
tried to send the message.
A flame was ready to
light the dark.

Margarine had the lustre
but was not a gold.
A red hot iron will
tell you the same.


Satish Verma

Categories: arithmetic, art,
Form: ABC

The Poetic Arithmetic

I fear i woyld always be
the lonely number like root three
if there is all thats good and right
why should my three be out of sight
Beneath a vicious square root sign
i wishi were the number nine
cos nine could cause a single trick
with just one simple arithmetic
i know i'll never see the sun
as 1.7321

such as my reality
more

Categories: arithmetic, lovelove,
Form: Rhyme Royal

Arithmetic

Sometimes I think that days and moments
feelings and emotions should be linear
add them up in neat columns
clear solutions

But most days
i do not know the formula
to use or how to frame the equation
that shows me the way to your heart

Geometric shapes of light, angles with edges
lines intersecting and
rays diverging--obtuse, acute
often on the edge
of degree
of emotion
of passion

The

Categories: arithmetic, introspection, love, pets, me,
Form: Free verse