Poetry Prompt

The Gift of Discernment

A Fibonacci Poem

What we have here is a case of attempting to take charge of what I can’t control learning to roll with the punches distinguish action possible or to let go

I’ll not yield to acceptance without good reason but if status quo demands change shall not deny my heart’s duty to make lives brighter rise take up your arms in love

In 1202, Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, discovered a sequence of numbers called the Fibonacci Sequence.

In 2006 Gregory K. Pincus created a 6-line poem that follows the Fibonacci sequence for syllable count per line. He called this marriage of maths and poetry the Fib!

Thank you Marla Bishop for the poetry prompt Acceptance — the ideal vehicle for me to experiment using verses that ascend and descend in syllables.

Thank you for being here.