Mathmatical Errors

[Ecurb]

MATHEMATICAL ERRORS

Ignorant, often, of matters mathematical
(a subject from which their poor brains take sabbatical)
Poets poke fun at sex education
With leering remarks about "multiplication."

But anyone with even the slightest notions
Of addends and dividends, sums and quotients,
Knows that as a result of urges licentious
Population increases are exponentious.

[cafolini]

But then there are others who upon seeing that by the 2500, with a population increase of only 2%, there will be one human being standing on every square yard of the earth, don't realize that it can be solved with population growth control and it will be solved when the time comes through globalization. So, knowing that truth is not sufficient to jump to the conclusion that it will happen. It will not. We are far, very far from being so stupid. No mongering, please.

[Ecurb]

Somehow, I don't think my attempt at humorous rhymes constitutes fear "mongering". The humor of the poem (if there is any) comes in rhyming "licentious" (which is a word) with "exponentious" (which isn't). This suggests the mathematical ignorance on the part of not only poets who make "leering remarks about multiplication" but on that of the poet who wrote the poem (me).

[cafolini]

I don't see where or what addends and dividends, sums and quotients have to do with exponentiation. You wouldn't get to that from those notions. You picked up a different concept from somewhere and faked your understanding where there was none. Naturally you mongered and accused the rhyme of doing so.

[Ecurb]

You are illiterate, apparently.

[cafolini]

You are just literate only. LOL

[Ceile]

I thought it was funny lol a Dr. Seuss-esque quality

[AuntShecky]

Gee, I didn't read any socio-economic treatise in this at all. I just thought it was cute.

The rhymes were funny, in an Ogden Nash sort of way. Because of the humor, purists should refrain from criticizing the less-than-perfect meter.

The LitNet can always use a little levity, and I thank you for it.

[Ecurb]

Thanks. Ogden Nash often uses a meter that is either just a little off, or completely out of whack. (Not that I did it on purpose in my poem, by the way. I didn't even think about it.)

[Buh4Bee]

Unless you can't conceive...

[Delta40]

I'm divided in my opinion....lol I liked this poem for the sake of fun.



On a side note: Cafolini, I notice you overlook form preferring to take issue with content or post mere gibberish. As far as a troll goes, you fit the profile better than Cacian.