I
would like
to tell you
about a new kind
of poetry for math lovers.
It
is
based on
a sequence
of Fibonacci
invented eight hundred years ago.
In
this
kind of
poem the
syllables number
1,1,2,3,5,8, then stop.
Do
not
blame me
if you find
this sort of poem
uninteresting. The blame goes
to one Gregory K. Pincus of Los Angeles.
(Hat tip to Mark Gluck.)
5 comments:
except that sometimes they can extend that to thirteen
Or sometimes 21. I believe I had someone go to 89. Folks have written longer in the past, too, but I liked the brevity and constraint of the 20 syllable Fib. But don't blame me. Blame Fibonacci!
Thanks for the link and the Fibs.
Here
Bill
Poser
at Language Log blog
suggests that using Catalan numbers may be more fun.
Lateralus from tool is the "Best" lyrics/song/piece of poetry ever to have fibonacci in it ...oops...I should say ...tht's my opinion!
Hey!, I tried a few of these Here.
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