Black
tree—
Silent
sentinel
silvered in moonlight,
casts hushed shadow on still waters.
©2026 Kate McCormick
This is an older painting, but a new (to me) poetry form I stumbled upon a while back: a Fibonacci, AKA fib.
Still Waters
Black
tree—
Silent
sentinel
silvered in moonlight,
casts hushed shadow on still waters.
©2026 Kate McCormick
This is an older painting, but a new (to me) poetry form I stumbled upon a while back: a Fibonacci, AKA fib.
Excellent. Wonderful imagery.
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Thank you, David. 🙂
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I love brevity in writing most of the time. Nicely done and pairs well with the painting 👍
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Thank you! I write a lot of different types of poetry, but the short ones, like haiku and others that are similar, are my favorites. When writing short forms, one has to impart more with less, and I enjoy the challenge. 🙂
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The light coming through on the painting works well, Kate. Though I’m confused to how your poem follows a Fibonacci sequence or is that the fib?
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First, thank you for kind words regarding my painting, Graham. As for the poem, the form is most commonly known as a “fib”, though it is also known as a Fibonacci. It follows the mathematical Fibonacci sequence in that each line is the sum (in syllables) of the two lines that proceeds it, example 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and so on. You can stop at six lines, or continue on, but most are written using six lines. I hope this clarifies your confusion.
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Right, I was counting words not syllables. Now it makes sense.
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Love the simplicity of the poem… has the feel of haiku, and the painting fits it perfectly … beautifully rendered, as usual…; -)
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Thank you on both counts, Liam. The poem form is mathematically based–a Fibonacci. A while back, my primary physician of forty years gave me a book of poems his daughter had written. (He knew I also wrote poetry.) She majored in both mathematics and creative writing in college.
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She sounds like an exceptional person, as are your renderings…; -)
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Thank you, my friend. ☺️
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Love this, both painting and poem. They work really well together.
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Thank you. ☺️ A lot of what I paint ends up inspiring a poem…or two.
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