Welcome to The Daily Aftershock Writing Prompt—a daily invitation to write from the edges of aftermath, memory, rupture, and repair.
Each day, you'll receive a short, charged prompt designed to crack something open. There are no rules, only resonance. Use these however you need: to begin a poem, to open your diary, to find your voice again.
Today I want to talk about mathematics!
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And specifically the golden ratio in the world, often summed up through the Fibonacci sequence. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing it. It’s the spiral in a snail shell. The way sunflower seeds grow in perfect spirals. The swirl of galaxies. The reach of tree branches. The curve of a wave.
The Fibonacci sequence is simple:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21…
Each number is made by adding the two before it. It grows naturally, slowly at first, then fast.
In poetry, we turn this into a form: a Fibonacci poem, or Fib.
We use the sequence to structure syllables:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 (or more, if the poem wants to keep growing).
It starts tight, like breath held, and then it blooms.
It’s not just about rules. It’s about unfurling.
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