Crescent Fib Poem by Paul Hartal

Crescent Fib

Rating: 5.0


A
Wind
Aligns
Red sand grains
Into crescent shape.
Your unstrapped pain mixes with mine.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
'Crescent Fib' is a mathematically constructed verse: a fib. Its format bears similarity to haiku because of its strict structure. However, the haiku comprises 17 phonetic sounds in three phrases of 5,7 and 5, whereas the fib consists of 20 syllables in 6 lines, arranged in correspondence to the Fibonacci sequence of 1,1,2,3,5,8.

The Fibonacci series involve the Golden Ratio, whose value of 1,618 manifests itself in nature, music and art. Apart from its numerical pattern, this fib also involves the geometrical form of a curved image, both as a written symbol (the word crescent) and as an arrangement of 15 words in a concrete verse pattern. The last line transcends mathematics and description of nature, shifting unexpectedly into a personal and human psychodynamic region.

The fib is a Western form of experimental poetry. Its history dates back to the Middle Ages, has had numerous poetic antecedents and is related to the development of the sonnet. Its contemporary form has been popularized by Gregory K. Pincus.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kevin Patrick 02 August 2012

I knew about the Fibonacci sequence but I admit to my ignorance having never heard of a Fib until now, amazing for using a mathematics with art, a great combination. Glad this is not a fib

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