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Fibs - Fibonacci-based Poetry

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."

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  1. Too Cool Even for Geeks! by under_score · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Some of the Fibs in the comments are astounding. So what about Prime's
    A short Poem with Prime syllables is Just as beautiful as the Fib. But don't hold your breath for more in this one!
    ... or pi's
    I eat pie . Please... Blueberry Pie... It's my favorite.
  2. Surprised no one came up with this: by Chapter80 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Here's a Python program written in a fib...


    try:
    ....foo
    except:
    ....print "Display"
    ....print "Fibonacci"
    ....count = prevcount = 1
    ....while prevcount <= 7000:
    ........print prevcount ; count, prevcount = count + prevcount, count

    The way *I* read the program (pronouncing each special character except for the quotes and colons), it's a fib. AND it does something useful. It displays the first twenty Fibonacci numbers!

    Pronounced:
    (1) try
    (1) foo
    (2) ex cept
    (3) print dis play
    (5) print fib on ac ci
    (8) count e quals prev count e quals one
    (13) while prev count less than or e qual to sev en thou sand
    (21) print prev count sem i col on count com ma prev count e quals count plus prev count com ma count

    Now that's *real* nerdy. Geeks should be proud.