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Fibs - Fibonacci-based Poetry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nerdy-haiku dept.

Gregory K. writes "April is National Poetry Month (and, it turns out, Math Awareness Month), and on my blog, I decided to get people writing poetry based on the Fibonacci sequence. The poems are six lines, 20 syllables long with the syllable pattern 1/1/2/3/5/8, though they can go longer, obviously. I've been calling 'em Fibs, and people have been writing them on pop culture, politics, math, and more."

13 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. First Post! by afaik_ianal · · Score: 5, Funny

    First
    Post!
    I bet
    nobody
    can beat me to it
    with a Fibonacci poem!

    1. Re:First Post! by abscissa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Some
      troll
      you are.
      First posting
      is such a bad thing
      But, I will say, yours was funny.

    2. Re:First Post! by afaik_ianal · · Score: 5, Funny

      I
      hope
      the mods
      can have fun,
      or I'll get modded
      as a troll for my "first post" gag

  2. Obligatory... by Perdo · · Score: 5, Funny

    aich
    tee
    tee pee
    colon slash slash
    slash dot dot org poem

    I
    Wait
    For The
    Beowulf Hot
    Natalie Grits Goatse
    Signal Eleven Penis Bird

    --

    If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.

  3. Poem by neoshroom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Math,
    Makes,
    My head,
    Quake with pain.
    Writing a poem based
    On Fibonacci does the same.

    --
    Big apple, new Yorik, undig it, something's unrotting in Edenmark.
    1. Re:Poem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it just me, or are all these fibs a little Shatneresque?

  4. Damn by abscissa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn!
    This
    Will be
    Tough for the
    Mods, if they count all
    the syllables in every post!

  5. Re:Mandatory (with HTML this time) by rewinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well
    I
    For One
    Will Welcome
    (It's Mandatory)
    Our Fibonacci Overlords!

    --
    --- Attorneys Assisting Citizen-Soldiers & Families -
  6. Re:Too Cool Even for Geeks! by stymyx · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be great, if PI were 3.1315...

  7. Must... stop... fibbing by mrogers · · Score: 4, Funny
    Unfortunately no matter what the subject matter, the poems sound like they're being spoken by a superhero through gritted teeth.

    Must...
    stop...
    fibbing!
    Got to get...
    back to my haikus!
    So many syllables... wasted!

  8. Conformity by Limbo+Socrates · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ugh.
    Rules.
    Structure.
    Makes me wince.
    Perhaps I should try...
    Running around naked with my hair on fire screaming, "ANARCHY! ANARCHY! Take that Fibonacci, you wiper of other peoples bottoms! go away and I shall taunt you no more!"

  9. Another try... by Chapter80 · · Score: 5, Funny
    OK, now I am addicted.


    One.
    One.
    Then Two.
    Three is next.
    Five, of course, comes next.
    Then Eight. It's getting hard to do.
    Next is 1D. We're counting in Hex - this is slashdot!

    Gotta love the surprise ending!

  10. Re:Oh no... by vandon · · Score: 5, Funny

    We
    Get
    Signal
    All your base
    Are belong to us
    Somebody set up us the bomb.