100 Templates you can reuse for Math Poetry

1. i 8 ∑ π I ate some pie √-1 = i, 2³ = 8, ∑ = some, π = pie

2. 3.14 + 1 = 4.14 Pi plus one 3.14 is the value of π

3. 7 ate 9 Seven ate nine A classic joke: “Why was six afraid of seven?”

4. 10 – 1 = 9 Ten minus one is nine Sounds like “tennis one is nine” when rushed

5. 2² = 4 Too too equals four Phonetically: “two two” sounds like “too too”

6. 4² = 16 Four squared is sixteen (Literal and rhythmic)

7. x = y X equals Y Can be used metaphorically in logic or philosophy

8. 4 ∞ → forever. (4 = for, ∞ = ever → “for-ever”) or Use ∞ for ever/forever

9. cos u r → because you are. (cos = because/’cause, u = you, r = are)

10. π r² → pie are squared (classic pun) — which cheekily comments on pies being round.

11. 1 + 1 = 10 (base 2) → One plus one equals ten. (Binary pun: “one plus one equals ten”

12. Use single letters u / r / y as you / are / why

13. e^{iπ} + 1 = 0 → e I pi plus one equals zero. (Euler’s identity — reads like a poetic sentence.

14. ∑ u = some you →(Σ pronounced “sum/some”; Σ u r → “some you are”

15. ∫ → S (visual) → is — to stand for “is” equations: e.g., x ∫ y → “x is y”.

16. > 4 u → greater for you / greater than you(Use comparison symbols “less than” or “greater.”)

17. log (2) → log to → talk to (log₂ can be read “log to”— log₂ me → “log to me” / “talk to me.”)

18. π ≈ 3.14 → pie’s about three point one four (poetic line “pie’s about three point one four.”)

19. Use Homophones (e.g., 2 / 4 / 8 as to / for / ate, Example: “I 8” = “I ate.”)

20. Use Symbols that sound like words (e.g., ∑ = “sum” or “some”, π = “pie”)

21. Use Variables and constants that mimic names or phrases (e.g., “x” as “ex”)

22. Use √−1 for I (or eye)

23. sin → “sin” / “sin(n)” / “sinful”

24. cos → “’cause / because”

25. tan → “tan” (as in tanning)

26. sec → “sec” (short for second)

27. cot → “cot” (a bed/cot) cot(u) + sec(u) = cot you seek (the cot you seek) care, comfort.

28. csc → Sounds like “seek”

29. i (√−1) → “I / eye”

30. ∑ (sigma) → “sum / some”

31. ∫ (integral) → visually like “S” → “is”

32. ∞ (infinity) → “infinity” / “forever” (for-ever)

33. θ (theta) → “theater” (if stretched), sometimes “theta” is used for “data” in puns

34. δ (delta) → “delta / dealt a” (“I delta bad hand”)

35. 1 → “won / one”

36. 2 → “to / too / two”

37. 3→ “tree/three”

38. 4 → “for / four”

39. 5 →”I,ve”

40. 6 →”sex”

41. 7 → “even” or get riddled 7-s

42. 8 → “ate”\

43. 9 →”nine like no”

44. 0 → “oh / zero”

45. 10 → “ten / tin” or “then”

46. 11 → “eleven / a lemon” (punny)

47. u → “you”

48. r → “are”

49. y → “why”

50. b → “be”

51. c → “see”

52. k → “okay / okay-ish” (when used loosely)

53. m → “am”

54. n → “in / and” (in puns)

55. A → “a”

56. e → can sound like “he” or “ee”

57. G e → “gee”

58. J or K → “Jay or Kay” like names

59. L → can sound like “hell”

60. P → “Pee or Pea”

61. Q→ “cue”

62. T → “tea”

63. X → “ex”

64. Y→ “why”

65. ∂ (partial) → “d”

66. → → “to / toward / leads to”

67. ≈ → “is approximately / is sorta”

68. ⊂ → “subset / sub-set (sounds like ‘upset’ in jokes)”

69. cos u = because you

70. sin u → “sin you”

71. u + i = you and I

72. 4π → “for pie”

73. csc u → “seek you”

74. 8∫u → “ate and you” (visual pun)

75. “The sin of angle θ” sounds like a moral pun

76. “e to the x” sounds like “he to the x” in poetic phrasing

77. “i = √-1” becomes “I am imaginary”

78. lim, limb or limit “lim x→∞” sounds like “limit” or “limb” in metaphorical math

79. ln Ellen or learn “ln(x)” sounds like a name or verb in puns

80. ∫ S or ess Integral symbol resembles an elongated “S” and sounds like “ess” or “is”

81. ≠ not equal or isn’t “x ≠ y” = “x isn’t y”

82. ≈ about or roughly “π ≈ 3.14” = “pi is about 3.14” or “I M ≈ 2” (I am about to)

83. Δ change or delta “Δx” = “change in x”

84. θ theta sounds like “theater” or “data” in poetic usage

85. 2² = 4 Too too equals four IE This 2² = 4 is This too too is for

86. Layering meaning (e.g., “sin” as both trigonometry and morality)

87. + is plus

88. – is take away, minus, or substraction

89. = is equal

90. √−1 + u = i + you Eye plus you—a simple view.

91. 4 u ≠ me “for you” isn’t me.

92. sin(θ) + tan(θ) = summer tan + theater sin A trig class joke the sun calls in.

93. π ≈ 3.14, ∫ love ≈ more Pie’s about 3.14; love is more—no need for proof.

94. cot(u) + sec(u) = cot you seek A bed you seek

95. x ≠ y but x → y X isn’t Y, but leads that way.

96. 8∫u = ate is you (Ate is you,) a pun askew.

97. Δ heart > 0 Change in heart is positive. A theorem made to live.

98. Σ(4 u) = some 4 you (some for you)

99. π r² ≈ pie are two (pie are too)

100. (1 + 1)₂ = 10₂ (one and one become ten) Binary, two people creating something wholly new.