Eight Ways of Looking at Math Homework

I
Among the twelve massive textbooks,
The only one worth studying
Is the math textbook.

II
I was of fifteen minds,
Like the book
In which there are fifteen math problems.

III
I do not know which to dread more,
The searing pain in my skull
Or the workouts in my math book.

IV
A paper and pencil
Are one.
A paper and pencil and a math book
Are one.

V
The frost covers the fresh grass
No longer green.
My math book is inside,
Still and covering the table.

VI
O UMTYMP professors,
Why do you find joy in linear algebra?
Do you not see how your students
Joyously play in the snow
Without such burdens?

 

VII
She dragged herself to the table
Crowded with pens and pencils and erasers.
Once, a fear pierced her,
In that she mistook
Her copy of 'As I Lay Dying'
For her linear algebra textbook.

VIII
The children are crying.
They must be enrolled in UMTYMP.