Beautiful Angel (Fibonacci)
You
know,
you are
beautiful
in my eyes, you are
an angel sent down from heaven,
come to save my poor soul from damnation, and from hell.
© Jim T. Henriksen
January 2nd, 2006
Author notes
This poem is dedicated to my beautiful angel, my wife Monica. A future without Monica is a dark future... 
Fibonacci is a non-rhyming style that uses fibonacci numbers in the syllable count: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... The poem should have a minimum of six lines, but could have more. The difficulty increase for each line, as each line has the number of syllables matching the next fibonacci number...
If you wonder what the next fibonacci number is, add the two previous numbers. (21 + 34 is 55, 34 + 55 is 89, etc.)
Written January 2nd, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- Are You My Future? by Heavenly Angel.
300 points, ended January 5, 2006, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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gothicgirl68
That was a really good poem
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Hi, gothicgirl68! Thanks for commenting and for giving your applause. I really hope you find my other poetry as good as this. Many of my poems are in dark/goth genre.
Jim
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Hi, Serenahind. Yes, we have angels all around us, but also demons... Thank you for your comment, and your applause, I really appreciate it a lot!
Jim
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Very nice. I really loved the picture of the angel. I have sucha bad angel fetish. Your words are very true. I can tell oyou angels are all around us. Some in spirit form and some in human form. We just need to keep our eyes and ears open.
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Hi, Debi! As with the Monchielle, you have to tell me when you have made your first Fibonacci, ok? People has told me that my poems has great imagery, but I am not sure that it is a gift.
Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it! 
Jim
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Beautiful!
Another wonderful fibonacci! You have a wonderful gift with imagery! Another form of poetry that I must give a try! Beautiful write! Debi -
Hi, NotSeenNorHeard! Thank you for your wonderful comment, and your heartwarming applause! Jim
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beautiful
Awww...the person this is for is indeed very lucky. awesome poem. and very heartfelt. cool format to...with an even cooler name awesome write
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Hi, Yunaleska! Thanks for a wonderful comment, and your heartwarming applause!! Jim
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Aww wow! I adore the picture. This is such a beautiful poem. Wonderful work.
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Hi, ennoia! I am glad you liked my first Fibonacci poem, and I think you are right, it is something with it that strikes a chord.
Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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This is a lovely poem
It's so subtle, yet so beautiful
I think Fibonacci poetry strikes some natural, universal heartstring, brilliant in both mathematical and poetic harmony.
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Hi, Linda! I am so glad you like this form, just too bad that it was not an original form from me... I found out that it had been done before, many times. But I guess you could say I discovered it without knowing it was already discovered. That counts for something, doesn't it? I look forward to reading a Fibonacci style poem from you one day! Thanks for the comment, and the applause!
Jim
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Hi, Trapped-inside! Thanks for the comment! Jim
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amazing
Another amazing poem! Short and effective -
Hi, Sandy! Thanks for stopping by, and reading my poem. Hope the poem has what it takes to win.
Thank you very much for the comment! Jim
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How beautifully wonderful this is! Exactly what I was looking for and I sure do love that you shared this amazing piece with me!
This is just soooo very pretty; thank you for entering it into my contest! Love, Sandy aka angelofgod
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Hi, Disturbed Prodigy! They say that you learn something new every day, and that the day you don't learn, is the day you pass away. Thanks for the comment! Jim
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not only did i learn something new, but today for the billionth time i thought about my angel of mercy, my princess, this is a good poem, i mean it, keep it flowing
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Hi, LisiB! I am glad you liked the poem. Thanks for the comment! Jim
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wow.. this is so short, but so sweet all at the same time. It's so to-the-point. That is great in a poem when you have a feeling burning inside you and you can't find the words to express it. I'm not trying to be mean, but it's true-which is why I like this poem. Good job!
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Hi, Brokenpen! Thanks for your great comment, my friend! Jim
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another awesome write
starhiker .. this is an amazing poem. we all have our own angle like this.. so well done. thank you much for sharing your words with me. well done and keep on writing. -
Hi, sis! Thanks for your wonderful words. Hope this style isn't something already invented. Monica loves anything that comes from her moose. I look forward to reading your first Fibonacci poem, it's not as hard as it seems. Thanks for the comment, the applause, and the standing ovation! A Happy New Year to you aswell. A big hug to you and your husband! Jim
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Hi, Shahrzad! Well, I've not seen this anywhere else, so it could be a new Starhiker-made style. Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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Hi, Grams! You just sit back and enjoy the poetry, don't you worry about the math behind it. Thanks for the comment, and a happy new year to you aswell! Jim
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Hi, yeti! Yeah, it's crazy, but the Fibonacci numbers occur in alot of stuff in the nature, i.e. in sunflowers and broccoli. The numbers are even present in limericks! Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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Kudos for you my brother!!!!!
Jim, Well bro, you just keep amazing me with your style and grace. And now as you say, unless it can be proven otherwise you have come up with yet another new form of poetry. This was absolutely beautiful and I know Monica must have loved this one. After all it was penned by her moose.
I will have to try this form and I will let you know when I do. Thank you so much for the joy and happiness you bring to all of us with your words. HAPPY NEW YEAR for all of you and may it be healthy and prosperous also. You know the standing "O" goes without saying as well as the applause. Love and blessings for you my dear family, today and always. Joyce
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wow...dear Jim..you've created a new style? It's so nice to do that.I like your poem and its new style.
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crystaldust 02-01-06 14:29
The best of 2006 to you, grandson Jim, and your family. This is very impressive though, because I dislike maths and anything to do with numbers,I'm unlikely to try it. For me, it's a bit like trying to work out the mathmatical sequences behind Bach's compositions when listening to the music he writes is all I need to enjoy it. I hope all is well with Monchi now. All the best. Joygrams -
mmm... interesting concept. The inly time I've run across fibonacci series is in the da vinci code and my maths text book. Not in poetry! Anyways, it sounds like a super cool idea and an equally difficult one...
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Hi, Sweet! I am glad you like my poetry, and I hope you will take a look at the reat of my work aswell. Thanks for the great comment, and the wonderful applause! Jim
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Hi, Brunette! Yes, this is for my lovely wife, that always has been my angel... Thanks for the comment! Jim
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I have never read your work before, but I must say this is quite impressive!
I've never tried this type of poetry before, as I am not very good at those things but you've done an excelent job here! I may have a go myself one day, challenge myself
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Keep PENNING && i'll keep READING
This is interesting..Are you interested with a girl..who you think is so amazing she is an angel? if so Congradulations. Your a true man! Most guys wouldn't say that to a womam!!
I love this poem More that before!!!
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I didn't know of Dr. Kevin Jones work on Fibonacci numbers, poetry and music, but I searched it up on Google now, and found it very interesting. I never imagined that a limerick was using the Fibonacci line. Thanks for the information! Jim
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Are you aware of the work of Dr Kevin Jones of Kingston University regarding the relationship of Fibonacci numbers, poetry and music? (He is a mathematician who is now head of the Music department there - and had a very interesting article on this in the Times Higher Education Supplement some five or six years ago).
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Hi, lOvE mE 4 mE! I am glad you liked my poem, and I look forward to reading your first Fibonacci poem. Let me know when you have written one, ok? Thanks for the comment! Jim
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Thats very intresting
It seems like that style is a big challenge...
I think ill try it :-)
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Hi, gryphonpoet! Thanks for the comment! Jim
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Hi, Di! Glad you liked the poem, and the style! I look forward to reading your first Fibonacci poem! Thanks for the comment, and a happy new year to you aswell! Jim
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Hi, Anna! I am glad you liked the poem, and the style. Don't know if this is a Starhiker original yet, but I've not seen anyting like this around. So maybe it is a new style by me. I look forward to reading your first Fibonacci poem. Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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I like the form you've given the poem. Great idea to center it in order to make the words point upward in a poem about an angel.
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Hi, an interesting form will have to give it a try, I liked this write very much,it certainly is a challenge to write a poem in this form, have a very happy new year with all the happiness in the world, a big hug, Di
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Hi, Zorg! I am glad you like the style, and that you want to use it youself. I guess your friend will be PMSL from this. White lie? No, Fibonacci is the name of the mathematician that "invented" the line of numbers... Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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Applause - another beautiful poem but also in an amazing style. Gosh, you are so clever Jim... How do you do that... making new styles all the time. Very well done. I like this. Want to try to make a fibonacci once too. Wait and see
Anna.
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WICKED
LMAO I like your style. These words are beautiful enough in their own right, but the explanation of fibonacci(lol is that Italian for a little white lie ) makes it all the more fascinating. A mate wants a poetry contest with a specific form required each week...PMSL when I pull this one on him!
All that aside, this one is just gorgeous. The words are beautiful.
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