poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on jay by ecargo.

ecargo17 Apr 2006

Math poem fans: "Gregory K. Pincus, a screenwriter and aspiring children's book author . . . wrote a post on his GottaBook blog (gottabook.blogspot.com) two weeks ago inviting readers to write "Fibs," six-line poems that used a mathematical progression known as the Fibonacci sequence to dictate the number of syllables in each line. Then, last Friday, . . . slashdot.org . . . linked to Mr. Pincus's original post, and suddenly, it seemed, Fibs were sprouting all over the Internet."

Story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/books/14fibo.html?ex=1145419200&en=e0ccb44acd92493d&ei=5087%0A