Fib (poetry)

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Fib is an experimental Western poetry form bearing similarities to haiku^[1], but based on the Fibonacci sequence. The classic fib is a six line, 20 syllable poem, with as many syllables per line as the line's corresponding place in the Fibonnaci sequence.^[2] The only restriction on a Fib is that the syllable count follow the Fibonacci sequence. An example of a classic fib:

“	One Small, Precise, Poetic, Spiraling mixture: Math plus poetry yields the Fib.	„
— Pincus, Gregory K. ,  GottaBook: The Fib. Retrieved on 28 July 2006

The fib is accepted by default to have been brought to public attention by Gregory K. Pincus on 1 April 2006. His blog has been the center of this new form of poetry. He wrote on his blog, "To my surprise (and joy), I continue to find new threads of Fibs popping up all around the Web. I've seen Fibs in over a dozen different languages, and I'd also note that today a cat left a post in the comments of The Fib, joining a priorly poetic dog, so I think it's safe to say that Fibs travel well."^[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] News

• "Fibonacci Poems Multiply on the Web After Blog's Invitation". The New York Times (registration required). April 14, 2006.

[edit] Related poetic forms

• Concrete poetry
• Haiku
• LeRoy K May's fibs and fibohaikus (a mélange of fib, haiku and concrete poetry).

[edit] References

1. ^ That is, the classic fib and one version of the contemporary Western haiku both follow a strict structure. The classic fib, of course, is a six line, 20 syllable poem with a syllable count by line of 1/1/2/3/5/8, and the specific form of contemporary Western haiku uses three (or fewer) lines of no more than 17 syllables in total.
2. ^ Pincus, Gregory K.. GottaBook: The Fib. Retrieved on July 28, 2006.
3. ^ Ibid.