Short Calculator Poems

Why would someone destroy my calculator ~ it just doesn’t add up...

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the sum of our parts
 the brain the calculator ~ 

       fallible the fall...

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Multiplication is vexation,
Division is as bad;
And that’s why they invented the calculator...

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A spaced-out moment playing calculator games
in our calculus class, returned to infancy
within the boredom of checking homework...

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His new job required peppiness
and to be conscientious
with calculator in hand
running all over the land
counting pollen which was quite tedious



6-16-18...

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The man-of numbers, not of “letters,” thrives,
Computer-calculator-Man survives
And shatters stained glass window-panes,
Obsequious of Progress and its promised gains:
Arithmetic of Armageddon reigns....

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The man-of numbers, not of “letters,” thrives,
Computer-calculator-Man survives
And shatters stained glass window-panes,
Obsequious of Progress and its promised gains:
Arithmetic of Armageddon reigns....

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Numbers,
pain, Pain on you. I hate you.
angles and weights.
As you curve around. Pi
I feel you strangle me. 
Trying to find the answer to your riddle.
i pound my head on the calculator.
e=mc^2
F=ma
Take your riddle and be gone....

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on calculator
three plus two might equal one
the downfall of haste

If you insist on one fast fix
Three plus two could become six!


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For contest by Charles Messina
Placed 3rd
© 27th February 2019...

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Meter is like math in my mind
and I cannot go down that path
of confusion again.
I remember the pain
of multiplication and division,
I dismiss the prosody of stresses or not.
Syllable count is my specialty, 
as easy as 1-2-3 A-B-C.
Where is my calculator?
Where is my dictionary?...

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Do Ya Love Me?

Whadda u mean? "I think so."
Do ya feel so?

If I wanted to know what you think
I would have asked your calculator.
If I wanted to know how much to invest
I would have spoken with an economist.

But I want to know what you feel,
so I'm listening with you

Yes I do!...

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Digital clock bomb ticking silence lower right angled forever is eight point five 
hours a day there toiled kempt invisible spent walking rigid funk robot wired 
loose framed shut felt mutt waste like glimpse circular window goldfish and city’s 
outline swept through wander inhale adjust inhale time square one infinite mess 
oh calculator sonata...

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I want to trade places,
I need a new pair of shoes;
Just for a moment ..
Can I give 'responsible ' to you?

... Flowing so nicely,
Appearing so easy ;
Let's see what happens
If its not left up to me ;

That snap of a finger,
Is a careful calculator;
Not always easy
To make it so simple;

Refracted reflection,
Mistaken vision;
So perfect a picture,
Invisible effort...

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Mother says when he let me down,

I tore up the flowers from the neighbor’s garden.

I do not recall this, but his failing me

has left a lasting impression.


Written Dec. 1, 2015 by Andrea Dietrich
for nette onclaud's "Fallen in 25-30 words" Poetry Contest

30 Words total by the Word Count Calculator
Written about my father, whom my mother divorced before I turned five....

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I am at a mathematical disadvantage
to you

Because as you see i have only
have 10 fingers and toes

And can only count up to 20

Whereas you seem to have
a brain with an in built calculator

Maths is one of those subject's
you either get or you don't

And you just get it whereas i don't

Unless it adds up to less than 20
and i haven't severed one of my
fingers or toes...

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My laptop has replaced my television,
my home telephone and stereo system.
It has also replaced my calculator
and my many volumes of encyclopedias.
No longer do I need a dictionary.
The Internet has made obsolete my local library.
I no longer have any need for postal mail.
I now send and receive only emails.
The only service that my laptop hasn't replaced
more or less,
is UPS and Federal Express....

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I'm flabby but fit
    At a bar I sit
  I play my guitar
    then squeeze into my car

  I'm dumb but I'm smart
    I buy modern art
  then I load up my cart
    to sell at flea mart

  I'm happy but sad
    'cos 2 + 2 I can't add
  Thought I'd reached nadir
    Pop bought me calculator

  I'm old but I'm young
    Come see my tongue
  Taste buds still sprout ~ 
    That's why my tummy sticks out...

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You think your smart
but I’m smarter too.
You think your bright
 but vision lacks within your sight.
Why say these things do I?
Because brighter smarter, I can sigh.
Dare not indignant ask me why.

Answer quick, I know
the means times square and pie
declare you to I.

These numbers smart do not make you.

Stunned and shocked to reevaluate and ask I am who?
If not a number calculator my self I find is not true....

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WON TO FREE

I was never mutch good at speling;
I faled evry speling be.
And wen it kame to mathmatiks
You koodn’t kount on me.

I yoost to start of oh kay, 
But, arfter won to free,
My mined wood go completely blanc
And ide be all at see

But now I’ve solved my problems;
It’s as easy as ABC.
I have a calculator
And spell check on my PC

26th May 2023
WTF poetry contest
Sponsor - John Lawless...

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Now children are crazy
They are very lazy
Always they are busy
their parents are noisy

They are like to play in computer
But their parents wanted them to be a calculator 
Then they won't to be a creator
They will become a terminator

Parents are putting rush
To them, then their mind clash 
They push to crush
And become afresh flesh

They are putting their whole
Body to a dryer, at all
If not they become cool 
They will become fool...

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Awfully silent you remain
 does this mean I'm too late
 or am I just completely insane
or am I doing great
oh wait
 oh wait
my intuition is wrong right
 or is this what you tell yourself so you can sleep at night
if I feel a certain way  I guess that's my problem
 maybe I can use a calculator to try to solve them
 when can you let go
 and just let life live
 can't you see I'm almost out of a reason to give
 to give you love that you need...

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Happy Birthday.

To you my Son.
Three presents have come.
The first a calculator.
To help you learn.
All your life discern.

The next a bat and ball.
To make you fit and tall.
To be a sportsman.
Win or lose.
Play the game.

A guitar is there.
Music, every where.
Sing and rejoice.
With one voice.
Life is a happy tune.

On this special day,
Participate, all you may.
Enjoy life to the full.
Never be dull.

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These are the days of haunted, rented house
 
Of the technology of service
 
Of riding complete with ease
 
How the program shapes destiny
 
 
 
Still you must carry
 
The necessary implements
 
You never know what you may encounter
 
Down the road
 
You never know
 
Who may provide an answer
 
In the crazy mist of tumultuous days
 
 
 
A dull great man 
 
Bereft of calculus once told me
 
its better to have a corkscrew
 
Though always,
 
You should use a lighter...

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We have dfferent writers, 
Can be story writer, 
Or writer of letter.

Do you know poeter?
Is he a visitor?
In your head calculator?

You see his editor,
With his own moderator,
He is a creater.

Poeter is the newslater,
Like other social sector,
He is a inspector.

He is a instructor, 
He is Like monitor,
Both workers and candidator.

Any news can collect,
News which is incorrect,
It can be correct. 

A source of creater,
Things to better,
That is poeter....

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sanctity of a cove
  breaking water
baby mine
  rocked, rolled
cajoled
           opine
of sweetness and beauty
   funny
wonder woman underwear
     she’ll not be bare
  cocooned in love
a warm blanket ‘round birthday suit
     she’ll run from aloha tides
but the sandy beach colors her hair
  she writes her name on walls
penmanship perfect
      she collects a rentful of coins
and starts a club
calculator of fingers, she’s
   a pink and purple diamond

10/15/2020...

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