How To Write a Fib!
A Fib is a six line, 20 syllable poem in which each line gets its syllable count from following the Fibonacci sequence. This means the six lines have a syllable count of 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 respectively. Some would say the first number of the Fibonacci sequence is actually a zero... so imagine every Fib starting with a beat of silence.
Fibs do not have any set rhyme scheme, though lines can rhyme if you'd like. For the one syllable lines, I try never to use articles (a, an, the) or conjunctions (and, or, but).
Here's an example of a Fib:
Fibs do not have any set rhyme scheme, though lines can rhyme if you'd like. For the one syllable lines, I try never to use articles (a, an, the) or conjunctions (and, or, but).
Here's an example of a Fib:
DUNK!
by
Greg Pincus
Slam!
Dunk!
Soaring...
I'm scoring.
Crowd keeps on roaring.
In my dreams I'm unstoppable.
by
Greg Pincus
Slam!
Dunk!
Soaring...
I'm scoring.
Crowd keeps on roaring.
In my dreams I'm unstoppable.
You can experiment with the form to your heart's content: try words instead of syllables or write longer Fibonacci poems or reverse after you reach 8 syllables and go back to 1 or or or. I am partial to the Fib itself, but that's just me!
