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Great poem! I myself despise math. I completely hate it with a passion and would rather have it removed from the word completely... But that would end in a terrible disaster... Math just isn't for me.
Anyways! Aside from the small comma problem that someone posted above me with, it was a great work. Keep on writing.
"A million different ways to say the same thing!"--this characteristic of Math has always bothered me; I don't know what's the point of doing that...
This poem speaks the truth!!!
Even though I'm reasonable at math I absoloutely HATE it! I love how you put "mwahahahah" in the title, it got my attention. There isn't really anything else to say. Keep up the fantastic writing! 
Math is so dumb.
Anyway, of course, I dig the poem. It expressed my hate-filled thoughts perfectly, which is of course, the ultimate proof that math is, in fact, evil. The only thing I could say I disliked was, as mentioned before, the rhyming scheme because I really couldn't find one. The flow wasn't as... flowly as I would like, but hey. Math makes people do crazy things.
It blows my mind how many people LOVE math but still feel they can relate
I HATE MATH with a passion that would make that movie Braveheart look like a Disney production. I honestly don't believe there is a hate anything near the hate for math. I can appreciate it, its the creation and discovering of worlds, just like writing, but its a cruel, strict, definitive world that leaves no room for imagination 
just a quick nit pick.
You have a good poem, but as before mentioned, put some narrative details/jargon into it that link it to its name - math.
Also, "I burst into butterfly jitters" isn't really a line I would use in a poem displaying so much disgust
Otherwise, very good. Keep it up.
I really thought that this was great. I know someone said before that you can say things like this without being cliche, which points out your talent. There were a few spelling and grammatical mistakes, the one that jumped out at me the most being your spelling of 'loathe'. But I really liked this poem, and I'm really sorry that there isn't anything else that I can say about it.
-Alex
i liked it but i stink at math
Great poem subject! I HATE math as well! the only concrit I have is that the poem doesn't really flow as as far as rhyming.
- loathe has an e at the end.- manic is an adjective, not a noun. You could say "I've become completely manic!" or use the word maniac instead.
This piece was plagued with ambiguity, but not the good sort of ambiguity. It's plain to see that this needs a reworking of grammar, if not also structure. Some lines could be nixed, but I'd leave that to you, seeing as I'm not the best poet in the world (I'm not a poet). Other than your various infractions, I loved it and agree!
~ Happy Writing!
Well first off I love math and I'm a programmer so I may come off a little harsher than I like.
Maybe I am offended. I don't know. 
Well. Anyways, onto the review. I hope I'm not offended. I don't like taking offense. :/
This stanza's quite... seems hypocritical? To say as a writer. It just seems so, unpoetic. It takes out everything in the poem and dries it up. So why would you like writing? If I told you to revise, it would mean nothing and it's a chore to you? Do you see the... contradiction here? It just makes it seem like this is all a chore to you with no purpose. Then what's the point of language? What I'm talking about specifically is the second line. Think about it for a minute.
And also, as Hopeiseace said, the title seems a little too immature, and the positioning of the poem is immature as well. It flows quite choppily, and the subject isn't all that creative. A large portion of the population can relate but that doesn't make it good(Wow, that just sounds WAY to mean. Sorry
Punching somebody in the face doesn't seem like a great idea. You get a little shock value from this line and it just breaks the flow(the second line is what I'm referring to, but when you quote a stanza I guess "this line" is a little vague :p). I don't think shock value is what you are going for. It's just a blunt, strange reaction from the rest of the poem. The third line made no sense at all really to me. And the last line [of the quote] doesn't make much sense either. How is it a competition. What are you competing with exactly?
Your poem wasn't terrible. It just needs some rethinking. Wow, I ruined all the fun. But, thats the point of the site so I did what I do. Which isn't reviewing. So I did what I wish I did more often.
-Skis
To be honest, I didn't find this poem to be that great. You chose a subject that you hate yet you don't go in depth of your feelings or emotions. You need to learn how to 'show' us what you are feeling and not 'telling' us. In the poem i noticed a lot is that you didn't really get descriptive of anything. Hopefully in the future you will learn to widen your poetry skills. Although i still think it is quite good but needs improvements in some area's.
,writingaway
Your spelling leaves a little to be desired but I really feel you captured the essence of comedic hatred without being cliche. Well done!
I absolutely hate math with a constant passion, so I can totally relate to this. This was very well written, and I love the little "alas!" and "-indeed-". Those two things give it character, I do say. I really enjoyed reading this!!
I have no reveiw for you but I just want to say if you hate Algebra wait until you get higher up. I took Calculus last year and I suck at math (my highest grade ever was a B-) and that was the worst thing I ever had to do. Algebra was a peice of cake compared to what's in store. Good luck:)
I like this poem. It made me laugh and nod my head. Honestly, I agree with EVERYTHING in this poem.
But since everyone's a critic, here's a point or two;
1) This poem does not flow. Not at all really. Maybe its just from screen-reading, but I stumbled almost every line on your wording. "Flow" is important. It's what makes a poem what it is. And since this one doesn't rhyme, it needs even more flow in the structure.
2) Your title. I get that this poem is meant to be silly, but really? "mwahahahah" ? Try naming something clever and less immature. You could just name it "math". That would add a bit of curiousity. But your current title doesn't even fit the tone of your poem, and made me, as a reader, reluctant to read your work.
Yes, I take this all WAY too seriously, and, yes, I can be a bit mean.
Just here to help
~Hopeispeace
So is this poem about maths? That is not really what i caught from it. Anyway I enjoyed reading it, it made me laugh especially this line:
Regarding grammar I see someone already pointed one or two out to you so overall nice work
This poem was great. Even though I'm kinda good at math, I still hate it. So I can empathize. I have nothing bad to say about this poem. You kept with your rhyme scheme, it had a good rhythm, and it's good content. The poem itself was quite amusing, and I like your vocabulary. Keep writing.
This poem is so great. I think all we Literacy-lovers on YWS can relate to this poem ( me inparticular - I scraped a C in my maths GCSE). I haven't really got much to critique with this poem: what you see is what you get, and your grammar, spelling, and punctuation is perfectly fine - no faults there! Once again, great poem, I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next one.
BTW. Congrats on the feature, and *like* XD
- Alia
I love this poem. I am pretty good at math but I still hate it. What makes it worse is that our math teacher talks forever expecting you to listen ALL the time in one of those really boring-makes-you-wanna-sleep-voices.... It annoys me. Well back to the poem...
Nothing I can say bad about it, but a very good and poem its very easy to relate to!
Ahhh you know, I really suck at reviewing poems, so I actually probably won't say anything helpful, I'll just compliment!
Even though I'm good at math (98 in Algebra!) I totally loved this poem and thought it was brilliant! It was so funny and definitely true (no matter how good at math I am, I still despise it with a burning passion! So kudos to you for making this ;P
P.S. I don't have anything to critique, it was awesome XD
I kinda like math (because I'm good at it), but I liked this poem anyways. My only critic is that I think loath is spelled loathe. I'm not sure, though.