Our never ending poem *TADA!* What will it be? You get to choose!

 


F
irst of all thank you for your genuine reactions, feedback.  You helped us write more detailed guidelines (proactive failure management) & reinforced the belief that the never ending poem project will not be like another castle in the sand(keep in mind that there is more to come, but not yet). Once again, thank you and keep being who you are. We will make it work:)


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ne poetbayer noticed something that could be perceived as an equivocal statement. It took a while to be able to describe a split second thought but now it is possible.  

The exception to the writing rule(until the 13/2) will now be described and different solutions will be offered. We, together with you will decide which it will be (you = those that actively participate in the improvement of our never ending poem project & You, you are welcome to join us whenever you find it appropriate, your thoughts are equally welcomed).

Once again: For the time being and until the 13/02 our never ending poem is interconnected with the poetic form of the current writing challenge (Modern Pantoum). In order to be fair each gets to repeat one line and write one unique line every 24 hours or until someone else adds 2 more lines to our never ending poem. 

The only person that does not have to follow the same procedure, the exception to the writing rule is the very first one, meaning the one that was on time gets to write two unique lines and that fact will repeat itself after two stanzas - quatrains. (meaning = 3rd stanza, you get to be the very first one Or 5th stanza you get to be the very first one and so on) meaning:

if you are lucky or on time you will also get to write 2 unique lines, when your turn comes or when you make sure that you will be the very first one(memory refresher: the poem can go on for an indefinite number of stanzas until the 13/02. )

The second person that will also get to write two unique lines (3 & 4 of the first stanza) is not as free as the very first one because it will have to find a end rhyme for the last word of line 4. A word that its end rhyme rhymes with the last word of line 2.

 . . . and then & for 4 more lines(second stanza, fourth stanza and so on) this writing rule applies: each gets to repeat one line and write one unique line.

BUT


all the contributing writers follow the same rule: 2 lines every 24 hours or until someone else adds 2 more lines to our never ending poem. 

SOLUTION NUMBER TWO

We start from the beginning and it will be mind blowingly fair! No exceptions! Are you up to it? Instead of using the modern pantoum as our gnomon. Do you want to change the very first poetic form of our never ending poem to FIBONACCI? Oh yes, it is possible:DDD but we will have to decide if we will get to write a line, word or syllable every 24 hours  or untill someone else . . . etc.

What is the Fibonacci form?

Fibonacci poetry is a literary form based on the Fibonacci number sequence. The sequence begins like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. In order to find the next number in the sequence, you add the two preceding numbers. The sum of these two is the next number, which then is added to the one before it to get to the next number, and so on. 

Fibonacci poems can embody the number sequence in two ways, either in numbers of syllables or in numbers of words.


This is how a poem in this style is written:


Line 1 = 1 syllable or word
Line 2 = 1 syllable or word 
Line 3 = 2 syllables or words
Line 4 = 3 syllables or words
Line 5 = 5 syllables or words
Line 6 = 8 syllables or words
Line 7 = 13 syllables or words
Line 8 = 21 syllables or words


For more information on this form, either Google "Fibonacci",
or copy and paste this URL into your web browser: 


poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/a/fibonaccipoems.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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liz munro The PoetBay support member heart!
the Fibonacci style sounds good

maybe the next poetry challenge style?

~L.~
2012-02-01