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The weekend was filled with fibs (poetic Fibs)! With it being National Poetry Month and all, I had to share the wonderful story of how all of the Fibs began.
I waded slowly into my twitter stream after waking up in the middle of the night. I saw this tweet:
Writing a (@gregpincus) fib because I couldn't resist after reading a #PoetryFriday post that shared the #howto link https://t.co/YtgGpWtxGh— Kathryn Apel (@KatApel) April 10, 2016
I am always interested in learning more about poetry so I clicked on the link that took me to Greg Pincus' blog post on "How to Write a Fib!" I thought writing Fibs is an interesting and fun way to pack a big punch in a few words. It's basically following a Fibonacci sequence of zero, a 1 syllable word, another 1 syllable word, 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 5 syllables and 8 syllables. I decided to give it a go and then wrote a Fib about tweeting and when Kathryn Apel shared her Fib.
@AmyJoRudd @gregpincus Oh. Fun!— Kathryn Apel (@KatApel) April 10, 2016
Plop.
Splash!
Swimming.
My tweet stream
gushes poetry
I jump in & go with the flow.
https://t.co/G119dRpFQR
@KatApel @gregpincus fun! A Tweet Fib 😀— Amy Rudd (@AmyJoRudd) April 10, 2016
Tweet
Tweet
Good fun
With a friend
Writing twitterverse
Chirping words, conveying meaning
Then Kathryn tweeted a response back to me...
@AmyJoRudd @gregpincus I love that! Totally unexpected - and all the better for the surprise. :)— Kathryn Apel (@KatApel) April 10, 2016
Then some tweets later, Greg Pincus got in on the action...
Our tweets of poetic fibbery continued with these:@KatApel @AmyJoRudd— Greg Pincus (@gregpincus) April 11, 2016
No
Sleep
Until
Poetry!
When the muse calls out
We write in the wee hours of night.
@gregpincus @AmyJoRudd For sure! :)— Kathryn Apel (@KatApel) April 11, 2016
We
need
rhythm
to pattern
creativity -
cadence of words sets the muse free. https://t.co/LuYz5babwt
and this after seeing the weather forecastDebit or Credit— Amy Rudd (@AmyJoRudd) April 11, 2016
Cash
Stash
Debit
Or Credit
The difference is
You have it or it's a short loan
Rain— Amy Rudd (@AmyJoRudd) April 11, 2016
Rain
Rain
Raining
Rain raining
Rain please stop raining
Umbrella, rain not listening!@gregpincus @KatApel pic.twitter.com/ecMMrakB91
A special thank you to Kathryn Apel and Greg Pincus for the twitterverse learning and support.
Such fun writing Fibs with Twitter Friends. And now, the challenge! I challenge you to write a Fib-and leave in the comments to create a new collection of Fibs with slicing friends!@KatApel @gregpincus— Amy Rudd (@AmyJoRudd) April 11, 2016
Sail
Wind
Filling
Billowing
Leaving safe harbor
Watching for the lighthouse blinking
Thank you for encouragement!
It was so much fun fibbing with you, Amy. And actually, YOU tweeted the first fib - I just responded to it. (Couldn't resist!) So thanks for starting the game rolling. It's one of those forms that is a bit of addictive. I wrote in fibs all day yesterday. Including a three-part fib for a Math teacher friend who was celebrating his wife's pregnancy. (Because of course a fib is perfect for a Math teacher!)
ReplyDeleteI guess you all know what my Poetry Friday post will be about, now. ;)
Wow! What fun! Enjoyed reading them!
ReplyDeleteAmy, this looks like the kind of fun I would love in the middle of the night! What poetry nerds are we! Makes me want to tweet a fib. Maybe my kids would like to join in. I write this while I listen to rain rain...
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the words you managed in this middle of the night, wonderful to read all, Amy. Maybe a 'fib' is in my future? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo cool to have you share your twitter world in poetry.
ReplyDeleteLoved it!
Bonnie K.
Totally fun. I wrote a fib for Poetry Friday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this fun form in practice. I will soon try writing fibs with my students. No lie.
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