b e e s
m a k e
h o n e y
t o s t o r e i t
f o r t h e l o n g w i n t e r
when sweet flowers sleep until spring
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Author Notes
Karen Cherry Threadgill asked me about the Fibonacci poetic form and that inspired me to write one. It's 'line and syllable' based like haiku.
The Fibonacci poem form is composed of six lines and 20 syllables. The number of syllables in each line of the poem is the sum of the previous two lines: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8
The constrained form makes you very conscious of word choice, like with haiku.
Fibonacci poetry is not new, it has been around in one form or another for centuries. Gregory K. Pincus made it popular in 2006. Pincus came up with Fibs while pondering a haiku writing exercise.
I write the numbers next to the lines first and when the poem is done, I delete the numbers.
Example
1 bees
1 make
2 honey
3 to store up
5 food for the winter
8 when sweet flowers rest until spring
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Thank you for reading my poem,
Gypsy
pictures from pinterest
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