About Fibetry

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Fibetry.com is, simply, a site to showcase Fibonacci poetry.

FibaWHAT?!

OK. Fair enough question. Here's a little background:
Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician born in 1175. Among his many accomplishments, he is best known for introducing the "Fibonacci Sequence". The sequence is as follows:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987,...

In other words, you add the first two numbers to get the next number.

What's remarkable about this sequence is that it is also found in nature. For instance, flowers often have 34, 55 or even 89 petals (but NOT 35, 56, or 90). It's also found in nautilus shells, seed heads, pine cones, leaf arrangements and vegetables (number of spirals).

But how does this relate to poetry? Well, here is a Fibonacci poem composed by Gregory Pincus, a California writer who popularized this type of poetry less than a year ago:
One
Small,
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture:
Math plus poetry yields the Fib.

See how it works?
1rst line is 1 syllable.
2nd line is 1 syllable.
3rd line is 2 syllables (the sum of the 1st & 2nd line)
4th line is 3 syllables (sum of the 2nd and 3rd line)
5th line is 5 syllables (sum of 3rd and 4th line)
6th line is 8 syllables (sum of the 4th and 5th lines)
...and so on.

Now most Fib poems are 6 to 8 lines in length. However, they can be longer. But it becomes much more difficult, as the more lines you add, the more syllables you'll have to come up with. For instance, write a 16 line Fib poem, and your last line needs to have 987 syllables!

Not an easy task.

So there's the long and short of it. Anyone and everyone is welcome to try their hand at Fib poetry. It's easy. Here's all you do:
1. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

See? I told you it was easy. Once you've registered, you can "Post Your Fib Poetry" for the whole world to see. You can also comment on poems, have your poems commented on, you can read and talk about Fib poetry, you can even chat live with "FibChat"! All we ask is that you keep it clean.

In addition, we'll be holding periodic Fibetry.com contests for the best Fib poem, with cash awards.

So register now, come back often and keep posting.

Welcome to Fibetry.com!