i is

i is not real and so, you see,
i can’t be found, like counting apples on a tree.
when you thought you neared the answer, everything was going great,
then i turned up and ruined it. oh, what a cruel fate.
i has to be made square, so i is useful to you,
but sometimes there is nothing that you can do.
’cause i prefers being unreal; imaginary.
so i is like an elf, pixie, or fairy.
alone, i cannot be pinned down into reality.
i is something to contemplate like mortality.
i is something one might find if one goes back and checks.
i is part of the equation for all things complex.

by Vivian Steyert

Written for Lorien Haavik’s Algebra II GT.

realize

What is understanding?
Is if finding your identity built into the lesson?
Or maybe it’s recognizing your reciprocal in another.
You can run in circles trying to see the sines,
But if you don’t analyze the probabilities of understanding,
You may need to find the median to regroup again.
You can’t be irrational when you go about your problem solving,
You have to be determined to find the absolute value.
Simplify your mathematics and see it’s not as bad as it may seem.
Take time to realize that dividing your problems may only cause them to multiply.

by Melissa Jameson

Found poem written with words from Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra 2. Written for Lorien Haavik’s Algebra II GT.