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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:
DUNK!
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!

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