Poetry Form - The Fib: a word-count form

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The Fib Verse Form, a 21st century poetry form
by J. Zimmerman

Form

In a Fib, there is an unrestricted number of lines. Typically there are five to seven lines.
The number of words in each line increases following the growth of the Fibonacci Series as the poem proceeds. [ The Fibonacci is a mathematical series in which each figure is the total of the two that precede it.] Thus:

Total Lines
in the poem Total Words
in the poem Pattern (words per line)

5 12 1/1/2/3/5

6 20 1/1/2/3/5/8

7 33 1/1/2/3/5/8/13
Alternatively the number of words increases thus:

Line number Total words

1 1

2 1

3 2

4 3

5 5

6 8

7 13

8 21

9 34
There is no restriction on syllables or stressed or rhymes.

A Last Word.

Just because you start with the intention of writing a Fib, you do not have to keep your poem in that form if it does not work for you. Your attempt to write a formal poem may help you find words that you would not have found otherwise. And you may decide that you choose to end up with a poem in a different form, perhaps even a prose poem.

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Total Lines in the poem	Total Words in the poem	Pattern (words per line)
5	12	1/1/2/3/5
6	20	1/1/2/3/5/8
7	33	1/1/2/3/5/8/13

Line number	Total words
1	1
2	1
3	2
4	3
5	5
6	8
7	13
8	21
9	34