Pattern Poetry at Paper Poetry
Spots Dots Stars Hearts
A Fibonacci poem about patterns in the fabric of life
spots
d o t s
p a i s l e y
rainbow stripes
t a r t a n, herringbone
houndstooth, argyle, windowpane check
patterns we wear mimic patterns that predicate life
sound waves, sun rays, tides of the Moon
crystals, fractals, scales
h o n e y c o m b
snail shells
s t a r s
hearts
© Carolyn Hastings 2024
As they say, ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’, and so it was when it came to formatting my shape poem. Shape poetry is often all about symmetry and patterns — features that are, frustratingly, beyond the limits of Medium’s editor. To compensate, I performed a few tweaks. I hope the parabolic edge of my poem looks as good on your screen as it does on mine!
My poem is a variation of a Fib — a style of micropoetry based on the Fibonacci sequence — a fascinating, naturally-occurring, mathematical sequence that makes sense of seemingly unfathomable phenomena like…
