Utopian Fib Poem by Paul Hartal

"Utopean Fib" is presented in a literary form based on the Fibonacci number sequence. The fib is named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, known as Fibonacci, who lived in the middle ages, c.1170 - c.1250, The architecture of the verse bears some similarity to haiku because of its strict structure and short format. However, the haiku comprises 17 phonetic sounds in three phrases of 5,7 and 5, whereas the fib here consists of 33 syllables in 7 lines, arranged in correspondence to the Fibonacci sequence of 1,1,2,3,5,8,13. The sequence is infinite and its member integers are growing exponentially. For example, F8 is 21, F9 is 34, whereas F14, F15 and F17 are 377,610 and 1597 respectively. The Fibonacci series involve the Golden Ratio, whose value of 1,618 manifests itself in nature, music and art
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.
"Utopean Fib" forms part of the Poetry and Mathematics project, implemented in collaboration with Dalhousie University in Halifax.
The subject matter of the verse brings us to R. Buckminster Fuller's book, "Utopia and Oblivion", which I read not long ago. Fuller—a revolutionary thinker, architect and visionary-suggests that humankind has the wonderful prospect of a world of maximum abundance, produced through the resources offered by the information age. However, we also face the terrifying prospect of annihilation through nuclear war..