Fun with Fibonacci
If you're a blogger (or read the New York Times art section today) you may already be aware of a new poetry trend sweeping the web. Gregory K. Pincus, a screenwriter and aspiring children's book author in Los Angeles, recently posted a blog entry outlining a new poetic form: One based on the Fibonacci number sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8 ... ). "Fibs"—as these poems are quickly becoming known—possess 1 syllable in the first two lines, 2 syllables in the third, and so forth.
(From the Wikipedia definition:)
One
Small,
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture:
Math plus poetry yields the Fib.
Why not try your hand at telling a Fib? Post one here or submit one through our regular submission process via Perigee's newest issue.
(c/o Sue Fellows, Editor)
(From the Wikipedia definition:)
One
Small,
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture:
Math plus poetry yields the Fib.
Why not try your hand at telling a Fib? Post one here or submit one through our regular submission process via Perigee's newest issue.
(c/o Sue Fellows, Editor)
posted by Robert Woerheide at 12:59 PM
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3 Comments:
How
Now,
Profound
And rule-bound
Verse? I say, 'tis time
To add one more constraint: viz.
rhyme.
NADA FIB
Back
There,
Before
These lines, hides
No, essential, is;
And nonsense called progression.
So too, beyond; we regress in
Numbers, grids, attempting wise
Rules on disorder, but
All comes, still, to
This:
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