Saturday, September 12, 2026

Short lines that GROW . . .

      With line-lengths whose syllable-counts follow the Fibonacci numbers, a writer has the opportunity to develop a gradually expanding thought.  Here are the opening lines of a Fibonacci poem by poet Punya Mishra following that pattern:

Mishra's complete poem is found here.

Previous blog postings that include work by Mishra may be found at this link.  And still more mathy poetry by Mishra may be found here.

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